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Esther 4:10 KJV
Esther · chapter 4 · verse 10
Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;Esther 4:10 · King James Version
Esther 4:10 in context
8Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
9And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
10Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
11All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
12And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmenttsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- EstherʼEçtêrEster, the Jewish heroineH635 →
- HatachHăthâkHathak, a Persian eunuchH2047 →
- spakeʼâmarto sayH559 →
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So strictly did the laws of Persia confine the wives, especially the king's wives, that it was not possible for Mordecai to have a conference with Esther about this important affair, but divers messages are here carried between them by Hatach, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and it seems he was one she…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-17