8:7b

Haman’s estate: See note on 8:1a.

8:7c

hanged on the gallows: See note on 2:23b.

8:7d

because he attacked the Jews: The Hebrew text is more literally “laid hands on the Jews.” Because Haman’s attack on the Jews was still in the future, you may translate this phrase in a different way:

Because Haman was against the Jews (New Century Version)
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Because of his evil plans to kill the Jews (Contemporary English Version)

General Comment about 8:7b–d

It may be more logical in your language to reverse 8:7b and 8:7c–d. Haman was killed at the end of chapter 7, and then the king gave his property to Esther, so you may want to keep that same order here. Good News Translation does this: “I have hanged Haman for his plot against the Jews, and I have given Esther his property.”

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