Esther 8:1

The King Acts to Protect the Jews

8:1 On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate ¹  of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

Proverbs 13:22

13:22 A benevolent ²  person leaves an inheritance ³  for his grandchildren, ⁴ 

but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous. ⁵ 

[8:1]  ¹ tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV; also in vv. 2, 7). Cf. TEV “all the property.”

[13:22]  ² tn Heb “good.”

[13:22]  ³ sn In ancient Israel the idea of leaving an inheritance was a sign of God’s blessing; blessings extended to the righteous and not the sinners.

[13:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “the children of children.”

[13:22]  ⁵ sn In the ultimate justice of God, the wealth of the wicked goes to the righteous after death (e.g., Ps 49:10, 17).