Ester 5:1

1 La petición de Ester al rey
Al tercer día del ayuno, Ester se puso las vestiduras reales y entró en el patio interior del palacio, que daba justo frente a la sala del rey. El rey estaba sentado en su trono real, mirando hacia la entrada.

Ester 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:1

Now it came to pass on the third day
Of the fast; though the former Targum paraphrases it the third day of the passover, the sixteenth of Nisan, (See Gill on Esther 4:17), though it is probable this was nearer the time fixed for the destruction of the Jews, see ( Esther 8:9 ) , yet the Jews have fixed the fast of Esther on that very day, the thirteenth of Adar ^F6:

that Esther put on her royal apparel;
in order to go in to the king, and appear before him; which to do in a mournful habit, such as she had on when fasting, was not proper; for then she put off her royal crown, as is intimated in the additions to the book of Esther,

And upon the third day, when she had ended her prayers, she laid away her mourning garments, and put on her glorious apparel. (Esther 15:1)

and as was usual for princes to do in times of mourning ^F7; but now she put it on, as both Ben Gorion ^F8 and the latter Targum affirm:

and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the
king's house;
into which none might go but such as were called; yet Esther being queen, the keepers of the door could not forbid her, as Aben Ezra observes:

and the king sat upon his royal throne, in the royal house, over
against the gate of the house;
so that he could see whoever came in at it, into the inner court.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Vid Reland. Antiqu. Heb. par. 4. c. 13. sect. 5.
F7 Vid. Paschalium de Coronis, l. 10. c. 11. p. 699.
F8 Hist. Heb. Jud. l. 2. c. 4.

Ester 5:1 In-Context

1 La petición de Ester al rey
Al tercer día del ayuno, Ester se puso las vestiduras reales y entró en el patio interior del palacio, que daba justo frente a la sala del rey. El rey estaba sentado en su trono real, mirando hacia la entrada.

2 Cuando vio a la reina Ester de pie en el patio interior, ella logró el favor del rey y él le extendió el cetro de oro. Entonces Ester se acercó y tocó la punta del cetro.

3 Entonces el rey le preguntó:
—¿Qué deseas, reina Ester? ¿Cuál es tu petición? ¡Te la daré, aun si fuera la mitad del reino!

4 Y Ester contestó:
—Si al rey le agrada, venga el rey con Amán hoy al banquete que preparé para el rey.

5 El rey se dirigió a sus asistentes y dijo: «Díganle a Amán que venga de prisa a un banquete, como lo ha solicitado Ester». Así que el rey y Amán fueron al banquete preparado por Ester.