Esther 4:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 4:5

3 And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, 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 eunuchs came and told her, and the queen was deeply distressed. Then she sent garments to clothe Mordecai and take his sackcloth away from him, but he would not accept them.

5 Then Esther called Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs whom he had appointed to attend her, and she gave him a command concerning Mordecai, to learn what and why this was.

6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square that was in front of the king’s gate.

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

8 He also gave him ^aa copy of the written decree for their destruction, which was given at¹ Shushan, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her, and that he might command her to go in to the king to make supplication to him and plead before him for her people.

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Definitions of words in Esther 4:5:

Concerning {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Esther {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Esther {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Esther {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hathach {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Mordecai {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Mordecai {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Mordecai {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

One {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Esther 4:5:

Hathach {I.S.B.E.}

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