Esther 4:16; Esther 6:1

Esther 4:16

16 "Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish."

Esther 6:1

1 During that night the king could not sleep so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles , and they were read before the king.