Esther 4:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And came even before the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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  • Esth 4:1
    86%

    1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry;

  • Esth 4:3-12
    10 verses
    86%

    3 In every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

    4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told her. Then the queen was exceedingly grieved, and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him, but he would not accept them.

    5 Then Esther called for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend to her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.

    6 So Hatach went out to Mordecai in the street of the city, in front of the king's gate.

    7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

    8 Also he gave him a copy of the written decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther and explain it to her, and to charge her to go to the king, to plead with him and make a request before him for her people.

    9 And Hatach came and reported Mordecai's words to Esther.

    10 Again Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him a command for Mordecai:

    11 All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that anyone, whether man or woman, who comes to the king in the inner court without being called, there is but one law to put him to death, unless the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But I have not been called to come to the king these thirty days.

    12 And they told Mordecai Esther's words.

  • Esth 6:10-12
    3 verses
    78%

    10 Then the king said to Haman, Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.

    11 Then Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

    12 And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and with his head covered.

  • Esth 8:15
    74%

    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 garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

  • Isa 37:1
    73%

    1 And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

  • Esth 2:19
    73%

    19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

  • Esth 6:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

    5 And the king's servants said to him, Look, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

  • Esth 3:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed and reverenced Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow, nor did he show reverence.

    3 Then the king's servants who were in the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's commandment?"

    4 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he did not listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew.

  • 2 Kgs 19:1
    72%

    1 And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

  • Esth 5:1
    71%

    1 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, opposite the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, opposite the gate of the house.

  • Esth 4:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

    16 "Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."

    17 So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
    70%

    30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

  • Jonah 3:6
    70%

    6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

  • Esth 2:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the door, were angry, and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

    22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it to Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king in Mordecai's name.

  • Esth 2:11
    70%

    11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

  • Neh 9:1
    70%

    1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the children of Israel gathered with fasting and wearing sackcloth, and with earth upon them.

  • Esth 5:13
    70%

    13 Yet all this profits me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

  • 2 Chr 34:19
    69%

    19 And it happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

  • Neh 1:4
    69%

    4 And it happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
    69%

    11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

  • Esth 5:9
    68%

    9 Then Haman went forth that day joyful and with a glad heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he did not stand up nor move for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

  • Esth 8:1
    68%

    1 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had revealed who he was to her.

  • Esth 8:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3 And Esther spoke again before the king, and fell at his feet, and pleaded with tears to annul the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his scheme against the Jews.

    4 Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king,

  • Esth 1:2
    68%

    2 In those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    68%

    31 Then the king arose, tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

  • Esth 9:4
    68%

    4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

  • Dan 9:3
    68%

    3 And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes:

  • Jer 4:8
    68%

    8 For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

  • 1 Kgs 21:27
    68%

    27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • Neh 2:2
    67%

    2 Therefore the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid,

  • Esth 6:2
    67%

    2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

  • Esth 7:8
    67%

    8 Then the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the wine banquet; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, Will he also assault the queen before me in the house? As the words came out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.