Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate, and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, (A)and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. Mordecai also gave him (B)a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction,[a] that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him[b] on behalf of her people.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 4:8 Or annihilation
  2. Esther 4:8 Hebrew and seek from before his face

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