Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
On the
Inner
Bible References
On the
Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so I will go in unto the king, even though this is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.
Matthew 27:64
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead; so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Royal
Esther 1:11
to bring Vashti, the queen, before the king with the crown of the kingdom, to show the people and the princes her beauty, for she was fair to behold.
Esther 8:15
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white and with a great crown of gold and with a mantel of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore prudent as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 11:8
But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
1 Peter 3:3
Let their adorning not be outward with ostentatious hairdos and wearing of gold nor in composition of apparel,
Inner
Esther 4:11
All the king's slaves and the people of the king's provinces do know that anyone, whether man or woman, who shall come unto the king into the inner court without being called, by one law shall be put to death, unless the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that they may live; but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Esther 6:4
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Sat
1 Kings 10:18
The king also made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the purest gold.
Luke 22:30
that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Revelation 3:21
To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with my Father in his throne.