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 writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.

To charge

Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.

I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,

To make supplication

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

Request

Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:

For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

General references

Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.