Esther 4:8

And he gave him a copy of the writing of the decree that had been given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew [it] to Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.

In Context

7And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

9And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:3And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

Esther 3:14That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

Esther 8:6For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Proverbs 21:1The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Acts 12:20And he was in bitter hostility with [the] Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.

Matthew Henry on Esther 4:6-17

Mordecai's Application to Esther; Esther Urged to Petition the King; Esther Resolves to Petition the King. ( b. c. 510.) 5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. 6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. 7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to… Read the whole commentary →

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