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Haman’s Position in The Kingdom is Given to Mordecai
In the culture of Esther=s day any person who received the death penalty automatically had to turn over his estate to the king. This included all of Haman=s property, possessions, as well as all the people in his house. The king gave all of this to Esther and she then turned it a …

The Second Decree to Protect The Jews Was Given
In spite of Haman=s death and Mordecai=s promotion, the Jews were still doomed to destruction by a decree that could not even be reversed by the king. It was decided that a second unalterable decree had to be issued to overcome the effectiveness of the first decree. This second d …