Esther 4:8
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show 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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
9And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:3And I said unto the king: 'Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?'
Esther 3:14The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
Esther 8:6for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?'
Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.
Proverbs 21:1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever He will.
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 →