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Mordecai Promoted

On that day King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) gave the [a]house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, because Esther had disclosed what [[b]relation] he was to her. The king took off his signet ring which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai in charge of the house of Haman.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:1 I.e. all the property and possessions of Haman.
  2. Esther 8:1 Mordecai was her cousin and guardian (2:7).

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