Esther 8:1

Esther 8:1 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

Context of Esther 8:1

On that day did king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' oppressor to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her. 2And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. 3And Esther spoke 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 which he had devised against the Jews.

Esther 8:1 word by word

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא נָתַ֞ן הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית הָמָ֖ן צֹרֵ֣ר הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י בָּ֚א לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־הִגִּ֥ידָה אֶסְתֵּ֖ר מַ֥ה הוּא־לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'ăchashvêrôsh 'achashrôsh · AhasuerusH325
• giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• Hamanהָמָןhâmân · HamanH2001
• Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• queenמַלְכָּהmalkâh · queenH4436
• Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046

Cross-references for Esther 8:1

• Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
• Psalms 39:6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
• Psalms 49:6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. ...
• Proverbs 13:22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous [man].
• Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
• Esther 1:14and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom),
• Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother — and the maiden was fair and beautiful — and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

Commentaries on Esther 8:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Give the house of Haman - Confiscation of goods accompanied public execution in Persia as in other Oriental countries.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Mordecai is advanced. (1-2) Esther makes suit for the Jews. (3-14) Mordecai honoured, The joy of the Jews. (15-17) Verses 1-2 What Haman would have done mischief with, Esther will do good with. All the trust the king had reposed in Haman, he now placed in Mordecai: a happy change. See the vanity of laying up treasure upon earth; he that heapeth up riches, knoweth not who shall gather them. With what little pleasure, nay, with what constant vexation, would…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Haman had promised the wealth of the Jews to those who would kill them (Esther 3:13). In contrast, King Xerxes gave Haman's property, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61. 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. Esther displayed great prudence and address in acknowledging Mordecai's relation to her at the moment most fitted to be of eminent service to…Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 8:1

• Confiscation
• King
• Mordecai

In the dictionaries

• Ahasuerus
• Esther
• Mordecai
• That Day
• Esther, Book of
• Month

Commentaries on Esther 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings