Esther 4:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.

Esther 4:6 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 4:3
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Esther 7:2
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
Esther 9:12
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-17)

So strictly did the laws of Persia confine the wives, especially the king’s wives, that it was not possible for Mordecai to have a conference with Esther about this important affair, but divers messages are here carried between them by Hatach, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and it seems he was one she could confide in. I. She sent to Mordecai to know more particularly and fully what th…