Esther 4:6

6 So Hathach went to Mordecai in the town square in front of the King's Gate.

Esther 4:6 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:6

So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the street of the city,
&c.] Where he was, in a public manner, expressing his grief and sorrow:

which was before the king's gate:
that led to the royal palace.

Esther 4:6 In-Context

4 Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her. The queen was stunned. She sent fresh clothes to Mordecai so he could take off his sackcloth but he wouldn't accept them.
5 Esther called for Hathach, one of the royal eunuchs whom the king had assigned to wait on her, and told him to go to Mordecai and get the full story of what was happening.
6 So Hathach went to Mordecai in the town square in front of the King's Gate.
7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him. He also told him the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to deposit in the royal bank to finance the massacre of the Jews.
8 Mordecai also gave him a copy of the bulletin that had been posted in Susa ordering the massacre so he could show it to Esther when he reported back with instructions to go to the king and intercede and plead with him for her people.
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