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. Est 8:5, Est 1:19; Dan 6:8, Dan 6:12-15; 2Ti 2:19; Heb 6:17-18