Esther 4:2 - Revised Version 1885

and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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and came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

He came and stood before the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

He went only as far as the King’s Gate because it was against the law for anyone to pass through it wearing mourning clothes.

And the servants of the king, and his ministers, said, "Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,

He went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.