Verse 3

And Esther{H635} spake{H1696} yet again{H3254} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} and fell down{H5307} at{H6440} his feet,{H7272} and besought{H2603} him with tears{H1058} to put away{H5674} the mischief{H7451} of Haman{H2001} the Agagite,{H91} and his device{H4284} that he had devised{H2803} against the Jews.{H3064}

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 25:24 : 24 And she fell{H5307} at his feet,{H7272} and said,{H559} Upon me, my lord,{H113} upon me be the iniquity;{H5771} and let thy handmaid,{H519} I pray thee, speak{H1696} in thine ears,{H241} and hear{H8085} thou the words{H1697} of thy handmaid.{H589}
• 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came{H935} to the man{H376} of God{H430} to the hill,{H2022} she caught{H2388} hold of his feet.{H7272} And Gehazi{H1522} came near{H5066} to thrust her away;{H1920} but the man{H376} of God{H430} said,{H559} Let her alone:{H7503} for her soul{H5315} is vexed{H4843} within her; and Jehovah{H3068} hath hid{H5956} it from me, and hath not told{H5046} me.
• Esth 3:8-9 : 8 And Haman{H2001} said{H559} unto king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} There is{H3426} a certain{H259} people{H5971} scattered abroad{H6340} and dispersed{H6504} among the peoples{H5971} in all the provinces{H4082} of thy kingdom;{H4438} and their laws{H1881} are diverse{H8138} from [those of] every people;{H5971} neither keep{H6213} they the king's{H4428} laws:{H1881} therefore it is not for the king's{H4428} profit{H7737} to suffer{H3240} them. 9 If it please{H2895} the king,{H4428} let it be written{H3789} that they be destroyed:{H6} and I will pay{H8254} ten{H6235} thousand{H505} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701} into the hands{H3027} of those that have the charge{H6213} of the [king's] business,{H4399} to bring{H935} it into the king's{H4428} treasuries.{H1595} 10 And the king{H4428} took{H5493} his ring{H2885} from his hand,{H3027} and gave{H5414} it unto Haman{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha{H4099} the Agagite,{H91} the Jews'{H3064} enemy.{H6887} 11 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Haman,{H2001} The silver{H3701} is given{H5414} to thee, the people{H5971} also, to do{H6213} with them as it seemeth{H5869} good{H2896} to thee. 12 Then were the king's{H4428} scribes{H5608} called{H7121} in the first{H7223} month,{H2320} on the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} thereof; and there was written{H3789} according to all that Haman{H2001} commanded{H6680} unto the king's{H4428} satraps,{H323} and to the governors{H6346} that were over every province,{H4082} and to the princes{H8269} of every people,{H5971} to every province{H4082} according to the writing{H3791} thereof, and to every people{H5971} after their language;{H3956} in the name{H8034} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} was it written,{H3789} and it was sealed{H2856} with the king's{H4428} ring.{H2885} 13 And letters{H5612} were sent{H7971} by{H3027} posts{H7323} into all the king's{H4428} provinces,{H4082} to destroy,{H8045} to slay, and to cause to perish,{H8045} all Jews,{H3064} both young{H5288} and old,{H2205} little children{H2945} and women,{H802} in one{H259} day,{H3117} even upon the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} of the twelfth{H8147} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Adar,{H143} and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey.{H962} 14 A copy{H6572} of the writing,{H3791} that the decree{H1881} should be given{H5414} out in every province,{H4082} was published{H1540} unto all the peoples,{H5971} that they should be ready{H6264} against that day.{H3117} 15 The posts{H7323} went forth{H3318} in haste{H1765} by the king's{H4428} commandment,{H1697} and the decree{H1881} was given{H5414} out in Shushan{H7800} the palace.{H1002} And the king{H4428} and Haman{H2001} sat down{H3427} to drink;{H8354} but the city{H5892} of Shushan{H7800} was perplexed.{H943}
• Esth 7:4 : 4 for we are sold,{H4376} I and my people,{H5971} to be destroyed,{H8045} to be slain,{H2026} and to perish.{H6} But if{H432} we had been sold{H4376} for bondmen{H5650} and bondwomen,{H8198} I had held my peace,{H2790} although the adversary{H6862} could not have compensated{H7737} for the king's{H4428} damage.{H5143}
• Isa 38:2 : 2 Then Hezekiah{H2396} turned{H5437} his face{H6440} to the wall,{H7023} and prayed{H6419} unto Jehovah,{H3068}
• Hos 12:4 : 4 yea, he had power{H7786} over the angel,{H4397} and prevailed;{H3201} he wept,{H1058} and made supplication{H2603} unto him: he found{H4672} him at Beth-el,{H1008} and there he spake{H1696} with us,
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Who{G3739} in{G1722} the days{G2250} of{G4561} his{G846} flesh,{G4561} having offered up{G4374} {G5037} prayers{G1162} and{G2532} supplications{G2428} with{G3326} strong{G2478} crying{G2906} and{G2532} tears{G1144} unto{G4314} him that was able{G1410} to save{G4982} him{G846} from{G1537} death,{G2288} and{G2532} having been heard{G1522} for{G575} his godly fear,{G2124}