Esther 4:2

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

He came even before the king's gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Cross References

Genesis 50:4

When the days of weeping for him were past, Yosef spoke to the house of Par`oh, saying, *If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Par`oh, saying,

Esther 4:1

Now when Mordekhai found out all that was done, Mordekhai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly.

Esther 4:3

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

Luke 7:25

But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.