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 document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day.

To charge

Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.

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

To make supplication

Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.

A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

Request

Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request.

For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?"

I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.

General references

then you shall say to them, 'I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.'"