Esther 8:1 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 8:1

That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.

BSB

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ASV

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

KJV

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The king - give the house of Haman - As Haman was found guilty of treasonable practices against the peace and prosperity of the king and his empire, his life was forfeited and his goods confiscated. And as Mordecai had been the means of preserving the king’s life, and was the principal object of Haman’s malice, it was but just to confer his property upon him, as well as his dignity and office, as Mordecai was found deserving of the former, and fit to discharge the duties of the latter.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Came - Was by the queen's desire admitted into the king's presence, and family, and, as it seems, made one of the seven princes. Had told - How nearly he was related to her: which 'till this time she had wisely concealed.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

His houses and lands, good sand chattels, and all the money he had heaped up which he was prime-minister of state (which, we may suppose, was no little), are given to Esther; they are all her own, added to the allowance she already had. Thus is the wealth of the sinner laid up for the just, and the innocent divides the silver, Prov. xiii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman . . . unto Esther--His property was confiscated, and everything belonging to him, as some compensation for the peril to which she had been exposed. Mordecai came before the king--that is, was introduced at court and appointed one of the seven counsellors.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֗וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
נָתַ֞ן	na.Tan	he gave	H5414 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙	'a.chash.ve.ro.Vosh	Ahasuerus	H325 →
לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר	le.'es.Ter	to Esther	H635 →
הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה	ha.mal.Kah	the queen	H4436 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הָמָ֖ן	ha.Man	Haman	H2001 →
צֹרֵ֣ר	tzo.Rer	[the] opposer	H6887 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים	hai.ye.hu.di.yim	of the Jews	H3064 →
וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י	u.ma.re.do.Khai	and Mordecai	H4782 →
בָּ֚א	ba'	he came	H935 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
הִגִּ֥ידָה	hi.Gi.dah	she had told	H5046 →
אֶסְתֵּ֖ר	'es.Ter	Esther	H635 →
מַ֥ה	mah	what?	H4100 →
הוּא־	hu'-	[was] he	H1931 →
לָֽהּ׃	Lah	to her

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 2:26
  To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 27:16–17
  Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Proverbs 28:8
  He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Psalms 37:25
  I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- Psalms 112:2
  His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Through
Psalms 39:6
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
leads to
- Luke 12:20–21
  But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- James 4:14
  You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Through
Esther 2:15
Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask…
leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:9
  but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Esther

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Esther