Esther 4:6

6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city 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 Then Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.
5 Then Esther summoned Hathach from the king's eunuchs, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.
6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king's gate.
7 Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
8 He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and to plead with him for her people.
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