Esther 4:6

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

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  • Esth 4:3 : 3 In 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.
  • Esth 7:2 : 2 On the second day, during the wine banquet, the king said to Esther, "What is your request, Queen Esther? It will be granted to you. And what is your petition? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be done."
  • Esth 9:12 : 12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa, the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now, what is your request? It shall be granted to you. And what is your further petition? It shall be done.”

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  • Esth 4:7-10
    4 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Esth 4:1-5
    5 verses
    84%

    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.

    2He went as far as the king’s gate, but no one was allowed to enter the king's gate wearing sackcloth.

    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.

  • Esth 6:2-5
    4 verses
    79%

    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.

    3The king asked, "What honor or recognition has been given to Mordecai for this?" The king’s servants who attended him replied, "Nothing has been done for him."

    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 6:9-12
    4 verses
    78%

    9Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble officials. Let them robe the man whom the king delights to honor, and have him ride on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him: ‘This is what shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor!’"

    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 4:17
    77%

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

  • Esth 2:11
    76%

    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.

  • Esth 4:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12When Mordecai was informed of what Esther said,

    13he sent back this reply to her: ‘Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.’

  • Esth 3:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1After these events, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and setting his position above all the officials who were with him.

    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.

  • Esth 8:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    2The king removed his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over Haman’s estate.

  • Esth 2:19-22
    4 verses
    74%

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

    20Esther had still not revealed her family background or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her. She continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had when he was raising her.

    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 4:15
    74%

    15Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

  • Esth 6:14
    74%

    14While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared.

  • Esth 5:9
    73%

    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 8:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14The couriers riding the royal horses raced out in haste, pressed on by the king's command. The decree was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

    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.

  • Esth 5:1
    72%

    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 9:20
    72%

    20Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

  • Esth 8:7
    71%

    7King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.'

  • Esth 5:13
    71%

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

  • Esth 3:6
    71%

    6But he considered it beneath him to attack Mordecai alone, for they had told him about Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

  • Esth 8:4
    71%

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

  • Esth 9:4
    71%

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

  • Esth 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Esther replied, "If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for him."

    5The king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so we may do as Esther asks." So the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared.

  • Esth 2:5
    69%

    5Now there was a Jewish man in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite.

  • Esth 7:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7The king, filled with wrath, got up from the wine banquet and went out to the palace garden. But Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he saw that the king had already decided his doom.

    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.

  • Esth 10:3
    69%

    3For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews, popular with most of his people as one who sought the good of his people and spoke peace to all his descendants.

  • Esth 2:8
    69%

    8When the king’s command and decree were heard, and many young women were gathered to the citadel of Susa under the custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and placed under the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.