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Esther 5:8 KJV
Esther · chapter 5 · verse 8
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.Esther 5:8 · King James Version
Esther 5:8 in context
6And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
7Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
8If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
9Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- petitionshᵉʼêlâha petitionH7596 →
- performʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- requestbaqqâshâha petitionH1246 →
- favourchêngraciousnessH2580 →
- pleaseṭôwbto be good in the widest senseH2895 →
- foundmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
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Here is, I. Esther's bold approach to the king, Est 5:1. When the time appointed for their fast was finished she lost no time, but on the third day, when the impression of her devotions were fresh upon her spirit, she addressed the king.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8