Esther 4:8

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Summary

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.

The copy

Esther 3:14

To charge

Esther 2:20

1 Timothy 6:13

To make supplication

Request

General references

Jeremiah 38:26

Bible References

The copy

A copy of the edict to be issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.

To charge

Esther had not yet made known her kindred or her people, even as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her as she had done when under his care.

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

To make supplication

“For though I were right, I could not answer;
I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.

The fury of a king is like messengers of death,
But a wise man will appease it.

If the ruler’s temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

Request

Then Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request;

For how can I endure to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”

I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it wherever He wishes.

General references

then you are to say to them, ‘I was presenting my petition before the king, not to make me return to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”