Esther 8:4-6

4Again the king held out the gold scepter to Esther. So she rose and stood before him.

5Esther said, “If it please the king, and if I have found favor with him, and if he thinks it is right, and if I am pleasing to him, let there be a decree that reverses the orders of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who ordered that Jews throughout all the king’s provinces should be destroyed.

6For how can I endure to see my people and my family slaughtered and destroyed?”