If it please the king: Esther had probably been informed by Mordecai, that there were still many enemies of the Jews who sought their destruction, who had escaped the preceding day; and therefore begged that the second day might be added to the former permission; and that the sons of Haman, who had already been slain, might be suspended on gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews.
according unto: Est 8:11
let Haman's ten sons be hanged: Heb. let men hang Haman's ten sons, Deu 21:23; 2Sa 21:6, 2Sa 21:9; Gal 3:13