Esther 4:2

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He went as far as the king’s gate, but no one was allowed to enter the king's gate wearing sackcloth.

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  • Esth 4:1
    86%

    1When Mordecai learned about everything that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

  • Esth 4:3-12
    10 verses
    86%

    3In every province where the king’s command and decree had reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

    4When Esther’s attendants and eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear so he could remove his sackcloth, but he refused them.

    5Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.

    6Hathach went out to Mordecai in the square of the city in front of the king's gate.

    7Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

    8He also gave him a copy of the text of the decree issued in Susa for their destruction, so that Hathach could show it to Esther and explain it to her, urging her to go to the king, plead for mercy, and intercede for her people.

    9Hathach returned and reported Mordecai’s message to Esther.

    10Then Esther instructed Hathach to respond to Mordecai.

    11‘All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for anyone—man or woman—who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned, there is one law: they are to be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing them to live. But I have not been summoned to come to the king for thirty days.’

    12When Mordecai was informed of what Esther said,

  • Esth 6:10-12
    3 verses
    78%

    10Then the king said to Haman, "Go quickly and take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have said."

    11So Haman took the robe and the horse, robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, proclaiming before him: "This is what shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor!"

    12Afterward, Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered in shame.

  • Esth 8:15
    74%

    15Mordecai went out from the king's presence wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large golden crown, and a robe of fine linen and purple. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

  • Isa 37:1
    73%

    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

  • Esth 2:19
    73%

    19When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

  • Esth 6:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4The king asked, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

    5The king’s servants said to him, "Haman is standing in the courtyard." The king said, "Let him come in."

  • Esth 3:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2All the king's servants who were at the king's gate would bow down and pay homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage.

    3Then the king's servants who were at the gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's command?"

    4Day after day they spoke to him, but he refused to listen to them. So they reported the matter to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would stand, since he had told them that he was a Jew.

  • 2 Kgs 19:1
    72%

    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

  • Esth 5:1
    71%

    1On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace, facing the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, directly across from the entrance.

  • Esth 4:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

    16Go, gather all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.

    17So Mordecai went away and did everything Esther had instructed him to do.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
    70%

    30When the king heard the woman's words, he tore his clothes. As he was walking on the wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth underneath, next to his skin.

  • Jonah 3:6
    70%

    6When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

  • Esth 2:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21During those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

    22When Mordecai learned about the plot, he informed Queen Esther, and she reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai.

  • Esth 2:11
    70%

    11Every day, Mordecai walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.

  • Neh 9:1
    70%

    1On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and putting dust on their heads.

  • Esth 5:13
    70%

    13But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.

  • 2 Chr 34:19
    69%

    19When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes in distress.

  • Neh 1:4
    69%

    4When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned, fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
    69%

    11When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

  • Esth 5:9
    68%

    9Haman went out that day joyful and with a glad heart. But when he saw Mordecai at the king’s gate, who neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

  • Esth 8:1
    68%

    1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the king’s presence because Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

  • Esth 8:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3Esther spoke again to the king, falling at his feet, weeping, and pleading with him to nullify the evil plan of Haman the Agagite and the scheme he had devised against the Jews.

    4The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, so she arose and stood before the king.

  • Esth 1:2
    68%

    2At that time, King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    68%

    31The king got up, tore his clothes, and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

  • Esth 9:4
    68%

    4For Mordecai was powerful in the king's palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, as he became greater and greater.

  • Dan 9:3
    68%

    3So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking Him in prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

  • Jer 4:8
    68%

    8For this, put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.

  • 1 Kgs 21:27
    68%

    27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went about meekly.

  • Neh 2:2
    67%

    2The king asked me, "Why do you look so sad? You are not ill. This can only be sadness of heart." I was very afraid.

  • Esth 6:2
    67%

    2It was found written what Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

  • Esth 7:8
    67%

    8When the king returned from the palace garden to the house of the wine banquet, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. The king exclaimed, "Will he even assault the queen in my own house?" As the words left the king’s mouth, Haman’s face was covered.