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Esther 8:3 KJV
Esther · chapter 8 · verse 3 · King James Version
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.Esther 8:3 · King James Version
Esther 8:3 in context
1On 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.
2And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
Key words (Strong's)
- besoughtchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603 →
- mischiefraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- EstherʼEçtêrEster, the Jewish heroineH635 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- tearsbâkâhto weepH1058 →
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