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Esther 8:8

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in the king's name: Esther 3:12; 1 Kings 21:8

may no man reverse: No, not the king himself; and this was the reason that the king was forced not to reverse, but to give a contradictory decree; that if the Jews, pursuant to the first decree, were assaulted, they might legitimately, by virtue of the second, defend themselves, slay their enemies, and even take the spoil. Esther 8:5, Esther 1:19; Daniel 6:8, Daniel 6:12-15; 2 Timothy 2:19; Hebrews 6:17-18

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