Esther 8:3

“And Esther spake yet again before the king, etc.] Went into his presence, without being called for as before, with a new petition: and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears; the more to work upon his affections, and move him to grant her request; which she might be the more encouraged to hope for, through the success she already had: to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews; to revoke, abolish, and make void a mischievous scheme Haman had devised against the Jews, to root out the whole nation of them in the Persian empire.”

“Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet--The king was then not reclining at table, but sitting on a divan, most probably in the Persian attitude, leaning back against the cushions, and one foot under him. besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman--that is, to repeal the sanguinary edict which, at the secret instigation of Haman, had been recently passed (Est 3:12).”

“Though Haman was dead, his work was not yet undone. The royal decree had gone forth, and, according to Persian notions, could not be directly recalled or reversed Esther 8:8. Mordecai did not dare, without express permission from the king, to take any steps even to stay execution. And Esther, being in favor, once more took the initiative. return to 'Top of Page'”

“To put - To repeal that cruel decree. Esther 8:5”

“8:3 Esther probably expected the king to reverse Haman’s decree right after he was killed, but that did not happen. This time she was much more insistent on raising the issue of Haman’s plot against her people.”

“fell: Sa1 25:24; Kg2 4:27 besought him with tears: Heb. she wept and besought him, Isa 38:2; Hos 12:4; Heb 5:7 mischief: Est 3:8-15, Est 7:4 Esther 8:4”

“The chief enemy of the Jews was now destroyed; but the edict, written in the king's name, sealed with the royal seal, and published in all the provinces of the kingdom, for the destruction of all the Jews on the 13th day of the twelfth month, was still in force, and having been issued in due legal form, could not, according to the laws of the Persians and Medes, be revoked. Queen Esther therefore entreated the king to annul the designs of Haman against the Jews. Est 8:3 and Est 8:4. "Esther spake again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and wept, and besought him to do away with (העביר, to cause to depart) the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he devised against the…”