Esther 8:2

gave it unto Mordecai. Compare Esther 3:10. Note how God honoured godly Jews in foreign courts: Joseph next to Pharaoh; Moses the heir to the throne of Egypt; Daniel next to Darius in Babylon; Mordecai next to Astyages in Shushan.

over the house of Hainan. Wonderful retribution.

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² And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Esther 8:2