Esther 4:7

וַיַּגֶּד ־ לוֹ מָרְדֳּכַי אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר קָרָהוּ וְאֵת ׀ פָּרָשַׁת הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר אָמַר הָמָן לִשְׁקוֹל עַל ־ גִּנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ ביהודיים לְאַבְּדָֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6וַיֵּצֵא הֲתָךְ אֶֽל ־ מָרְדֳּכָי אֶל ־ רְחוֹב הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַֽׁעַר ־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

8וְאֶת ־ פַּתְשֶׁגֶן כְּתָֽב ־ הַדָּת אֲשֶׁר ־ נִתַּן בְּשׁוּשָׁן לְהַשְׁמִידָם נָתַן לוֹ לְהַרְאוֹת אֶת ־ אֶסְתֵּר וּלְהַגִּיד לָהּ וּלְצַוּוֹת עָלֶיהָ לָבוֹא אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן ־ לוֹ וּלְבַקֵּשׁ מִלְּפָנָיו עַל ־ עַמָּֽהּ ׃

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Cross References

Esther 3:2וְכָל ־ עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר ־ בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ כֹּרְעִים וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים לְהָמָן כִּי ־ כֵן צִוָּה ־ לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ וּמָרְדֳּכַי לֹא יִכְרַע וְלֹא יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה ׃

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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