Esther 4:8
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.
King James Version
In Context
9And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:3And 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 for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, 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: they shall prosper that love thee.
Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Acts 12:20And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
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 →