Esther 8:7 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Look, I have given Esther all of Haman's property, and they have executed him by hanging because he plotted to harm the Jews.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The king is telling Esther and Mordecai that he has already punished Haman with death and given his wealth to Esther because Haman tried to destroy the Jewish people.

📚 Historical Context

This takes place after Haman's plot to annihilate the Jews has been exposed by Queen Esther. Haman, the king's former chief minister, had been executed on the very gallows he had built to kill Mordecai. The confiscation of a traitor's property and giving it to those he wronged was common practice in the Persian Empire.

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Esther 8:1

On that same day, King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther all of Haman's property and wealth, since Haman had been an enemy of the Jewish people. Mordecai was also brought before the king because Esther had revealed that Mordecai was her relative.

Esther 10:3

Mordecai the Jew became second in command to King Ahasuerus, and he was highly respected among the Jewish people. His own people loved and accepted him because he worked for their prosperity and spoke words of peace to all his descendants.

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Now in the royal city of Shushan, there lived a Jewish man named Mordecai. He was the son of Jair, who was the son of Shimei, who was the son of Kish. Mordecai belonged to the tribe of Benjamin.

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