In every province, wherever the king's command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and most of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Esther 4:6 - New Revised Standard Version Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city, which was in front of the king's gate. American Standard Version (1901) So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king’s gate. Common English Bible Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square in front of the King’s Gate. Catholic Public Domain Version who had been carried away from Jerusalem at the time that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon carried away Jeconiah king of Judah, English Standard Version 2016 Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate, |
In every province, wherever the king's command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and most of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what was happening and why.
and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
On the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
The king said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed five hundred people and also the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled.”