Esther 4:12

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And they said these words to Mordecai.

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  • Esth 4:4-11
    8 verses
    86%

    4And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them.

    5Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.

    6So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway.

    7And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews.

    8And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people.

    9And Hathach came back and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai had said.

    10Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai:

    11It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.

  • Esth 4:13-17
    5 verses
    85%

    13Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews.

    14If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?

    15Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:

    16Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.

    17So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had said.

  • Esth 2:19-22
    4 verses
    83%

    19And when the virgins came together in the second house of the women, Mordecai took his seat in the doorway of the king's house.

    20Esther 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.

    21In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

    22And Mordecai, having knowledge of their purpose, sent word of it to Esther the queen; and Esther gave the news to the king in Mordecai's name.

  • Esth 6:14
    79%

    14While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.

  • Esth 2:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10Esther had not said what family or people she came from, for Mordecai had given her orders not to do so.

    11And every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.

  • Esth 3:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?

    4Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.

  • Esth 8:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

    2And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.

    3Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

    4Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.

    5And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

  • Esth 5:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4And Esther in answer said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the feast which I have made ready for him.

    5Then the king said, Let Haman come quickly, so that what Esther has said may be done. So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had made ready.

  • Esth 8:7
    76%

    7Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

  • Esth 2:8
    76%

    8So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.

  • Esth 9:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

    26So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

  • Esth 5:12
    75%

    12And Haman said further, Truly, Esther the queen let no man but myself come in to the feast which she had made ready for the king; and tomorrow again I am to be her guest with the king.

  • Esth 9:29
    75%

    29Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.

  • Esth 2:15
    75%

    15Now when the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, his father's brother, whom Mordecai had taken as his daughter, to go in to the king, she made request for nothing but what Hegai, the king's servant and keeper of the women, had given her. And Esther was looked on kindly by all who saw her.

  • Esth 6:2
    75%

    2It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.

  • Esth 6:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4Then the king said, Who is in the outer room? Now Haman had come into the outer room to get the king's authority for the hanging of Mordecai on the pillar which he had made ready for him.

    5And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.

  • Esth 9:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their seed, in connection with their time of going without food and their cry for help.

    32The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.

  • Esth 9:12
    74%

    12And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.

  • Esth 7:8
    74%

    8Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.

  • Esth 5:1
    74%

    1Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.

  • Esth 7:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?

    6And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

  • Esth 7:1
    74%

    1So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.

  • Esth 9:20
    74%

    20And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, near and far,

  • Esth 6:12
    74%

    12And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.

  • Esth 5:7
    73%

    7Then Esther said in answer, My prayer and my request is this: