and Esther rose and stood before the king. And she said, "If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Ag'agite, the son of Hammeda'tha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.
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To reverse. —Rather, to bring back, to recall. Esther shows considerable skill in wording her request. She avoids speakin…
John Gill
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And said, if it please the king, and if I have found favour in
his sight, and the thing seem right befor…
Matthew Henry
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It was time to be earnest when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people.…
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