Esther 8:4
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
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Gill's Exposition
Then the king held out the golden sceptre towards Esther,.... As a token that she had not incurred his displeasure by coming into his presence without leave, and that she was admitted to speak and…
Haman, the chief enemy of the Jews, was hanged, Mordecai and Esther, their chief friends, were sufficiently protected; but many others there were in the king's dominions that hated the Jews and…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
held out to Esther the golden sceptre Cp. Est 4:11; Est 5:2. On this occasion, however, the king's action was not in order to permit approach with a petition, but in token of the favourable hearing…