OLD TESTAMENT

Esther 8:2

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The king took the ring which he had taken away from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. Esther appointed Mordecai over all that had been Haman’s.

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Verse 2. Aman. It seems the traitor had hitherto kept possession of it, and sealed the king’s edicts, as Mardochai was now to do, verse 8.—House. Hebrew and so forth “of Aman,” to whom it had belonged. Calmet.

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