SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:3
Y le dijo el rey: ¿Qué tienes, reina Ester? ¿Y cuál es tu petición? Hasta la mitad del reino, se te dará.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. Then said the king unto her, what wilt thou, Queen Esther ? etc.] He supposed she had some business with him, some suit to make to him, by her coming in this manner: and what is thy request ? signifying he was ready to grant it, be it what it would: it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom ; as it was usual with the Persian kings to give their wives cities for certain purposes, (see Gill on “ Esther 2:18”), here Ahasuerus, out of his great affection to Esther, offers half of his dominions, his one hundred and twenty seven provinces; meaning that he would grant her anything, and everything that was reasonable, and even magnificent; it is an hyperbolical and courtly way of speaking, and which has been used in later times, and in other countries; (see Mark 6:23).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Esther having had power with God, and prevailing, like Jacob, had powe with men too. He that will lose his life for God, shall save it, or find it in a better life. The king encouraged her. Let us from this be encouraged to pray always to our God, and not to faint. Esther came to a proud, imperious man; but we come to the God of love and grace. Sh was not called, but we are; the Spirit says, Come, and the Bride says Come. She had a law against her, we have a promise, many a promise, i favour of us; Ask, and it shall be given you. She had no friend to go with her, or to plead for her; on the contrary, he that was then the king's favourite, was her enemy; but we have an Advocate with the Father, in whom he is well pleased. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace. God put it into Esther's heart to delay her petition day longer; she knew not, but God did, what was to happen in that very night.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 לה המלך 4428 מה 4100 לך אסתר 635 המלכה 4436 ומה 4100 בקשׁתך 1246 עד 5704 חצי 2677 המלכות 4438 וינתן׃ 5414
