Esther 8:1-6

Esther Saves the Jews

On that day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, ^athe adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told ^bwhat he was to her. 2 ^aAnd the king removed his signet ring, which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 Then Esther spoke again to the king, fell at his feet, wept, and implored him to ¹repeal the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite and his scheme which he had devised against the Jews. 4 ^aAnd the king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king. 5 Then she said, “^aIf it seems good to the king, and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am good in his eyes, let it be written to turn back the ^bletters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to cause the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces to perish. 6 For ^ahow can I endure to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure to see the perishing of my kinsmen?”