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Esth 8:2

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

2 Reformed · 1 Methodist · 1 Catholic

Esth 8:2 · Douay-Rheims
“And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her house.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai,.... which, with the Persians, was a token of the strongest affection and strictest friendship (z); the Targum calls it his signatory ring, that with which he signed laws, edicts, letters, patents, &c. and so hereby made him keeper of the seals: and Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman; appointed him her steward of the estate of Haman, the king had given her. (z) Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 1. c. 26. & l. 2. c. 19.”
Source
1832
A.D.
Adam Clarke Methodist
1762–1832
“The king took off his ring - In the ring was the seal of the king. Giving the ring to Mordecai was tantamount to giving him the seal of the kingdom, and constituting him the same as lord chancellor among us.”
Source
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Aman. It seems the traitor had hitherto kept possession of it, and sealed the king’s edicts, as Mardochai was now to do, ver. 8. — House. Hebrew, &c., “of Aman,” to whom it had belonged. (Calmet)”
Source
1871
A.D.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown Reformed
1871
“the king took off his ring, . . . and gave it unto Mordecai--By that act transferring to him all the power and authority which the ring symbolized, and promoting him to the high dignity which Haman had formerly filled. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman--as her steward or factor, to manage that large and opulent estate which had been assigned to her.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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