Esther 4:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 4:1

Esther Agrees to Help the Jews

1 When Mordecai learned all that had happened,¹ he ^atore his clothes and put on sackcloth ^band ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He ^ccried out with a loud and bitter cry.

2 He went as far as the front of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

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.

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Definitions of words in Esther 4:1:

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ashes {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ashes {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Band {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

City {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
City {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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

Put {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sackcloth {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sackcloth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Bitter {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Esther 4:1:

Dress {Easton's}
Sackcloth {Easton's}
Bitter; Bitterness {I.S.B.E.}
Gesture {I.S.B.E.}

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Esther Agrees to Help the Jews

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