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

That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

To charge

(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)

I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,

To make supplication

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for quietness pacifieth great offences.

And he was in bitter hostility with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.

Request

And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

General references

then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.