Est 8:8 | TSK | e4.org | in the king's name ; 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 8:8

in the king's name Esth 3:12; 1Kgs 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. Esth 8:5, Esth 1:19; Dan 6:8, Dan 6:12-15; 2Tim 2:19; Heb 6:17-18