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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Esther 4:11

Whosoever shall come into the inner court Within which the king's residence and throne were; who is not called This was decreed to maintain both the majesty and the safety of the king's person; and by the contrivance of the greater officers of state, that few or none might have access to the king but themselves and their friends. I have not been called, &c. Which gives me just cause to fear that the king's affections are alienated from me, and that neither my person nor petition will be acceptable to him.

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See also Esther 4:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 11. _INTO THE INNER COURT_] We have already seen that the Persian sovereigns affected the highest degree of _majesty_, even to the _assuming of Divine honours_. No man nor woman dared to appear...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE GOLDEN SCEPTER - In all the numerous representations of Persian kings at Persepolis the monarch holds a long tapering staff (probably the scepter of Esther) in his right hand. It was death to intr...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE CONSTERNATION OF THE JEWS -- MORDECAI AND ESTHER CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The great lamentations of the Jews (Esther 4:1)_ 2. Esther's discovery (Esther 4:4) 3. Esther's helplessness (Esther 4:10) 4. M...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER 4. THE DISMAY OF THE JEWS. MORDECAI OVERCOMES ESTHER'S RELUCTANCE TO INTERCEDE WITH THE KING. And now the gloom spreads. At this point, the LXX has a pathetic message from Mordecai to his niece...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THERE IS ONE LAW OF HIS TO PUT HIM TO DEATH. The person of. Persian king was held to be sacred, and none could intrude on his privacy under peril of death, unless invited. Even then etiquette required...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LAW. Imperial decree. Hebrew. _dath_. See note on Esther 1:8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Esther's grief and the communications between her and Mordecai 4. _came and told it her_ Although unaware, according to the story, of the queen's relationship to Mordecai, her attendants knew (see Es...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Esther points out that it is a matter of common notoriety, not only among the courtiers but throughout the Empire, that death would be the penalty for entering the king's presence unsummoned, unless h...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHOSOEVER, WHETHER MAN OR WOMAN, SHALL COME UNTO THE KING— Ever since the reign of Dejoces king of Media, Herodotus informs us, for the preservation of royal majesty, it was enacted, that no one shoul...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. Contingency TEXT: Esther 4:10-12 10 Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai, saying: 11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ALL THE KING'S SERVANTS, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE KING'S PROVINCES, DO KNOW, THAT WHOSOEVER, WHETHER MAN OR WOMAN, SHALL COME UNTO THE KING INTO THE INNER COURT, WHO IS NOT CALLED, THERE IS ONE LAW OF H...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MORDECAI'S APPEAL TO ESTHER TO SAVE HER COUNTRYMEN 1. When Mordecai perceived] His position at the door of the palace (href='190 2:21'>Est 2:21) would enable him to obtain early intelligence....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ONE LAW OF HIS] RV 'one law for him': i.e. who approached the king without leave given....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 4 V1 Mordecai discovered what had happened. He tore his clothes. He put on *sackcloth and ashes and he went into the city. He cried aloud be...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THERE IS one LAW OF HIS... — Literally, _one is his law,_ that is, there is one unvarying rule for such. No one who had not been summoned might enter the king’s presence under pain of death. THE GOLDE...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כָּל ־עַבְדֵ֣י הַ מֶּ֡לֶךְ וְ עַם ־מְדִינֹ֨ות

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    OPPORTUNITY FOR PATRIOTIC DEVOTION Esther 4:1 It seemed as if the whole nation would suddenly be cut off to satisfy the hatred of Haman, and Mordecai knew that he had been the cause of the plot. Esth...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The news of the intended slaughter reached Esther in the royal palace, and she sent to make inquiries. Thus between the extreme need of her people and the king she became a direct link. The custom and...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Inner court, with regard to many others around, though there was one still more retired, (Tirinus) where the king alone could enter. This admitted the light only by the door, before which hung a curta...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he receiv...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    For Such a Time as This I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw "little Hitler" Haman issue a decree to have all the Jews in the Persian empire destroyed because Mordecai wouldn't bow to him like all th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10. The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and unacknow...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ALL THE KING'S SERVANTS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE KING'S PROVINCES DO KNOW,.... Not only the princes and courtiers, but all the king's subjects, the meanest of them; there is scarce a person throughout th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, [there is] one law of...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, that part of the courtyard adjoining the kin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Esther Agrees to Mordeai's Plan...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER AGREES TO INTERCEDE (vv. 1-17) Mordecai of course very soon learned of this satanic plot of Haman against Israel and he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes in token of humiliatio...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-17 We are prone to shrink from services that are attended with peril or loss. But when the cause of Christ and his people demand it, we must take up our cross, and follow him. When Christians are d...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE KING'S SERVANTS AND THE PEOPLE DO KNOW, by common fame, of this received custom and law. INTO THE INNER COURT, within which the king's residence and throne was. THERE IS ONE LAW OF HIS TO PUT HIM...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 4:11 kings H4428 servants H5650 people H5971 kings H4428 provinces H4082 know H3045 (H8802) man H376 woman...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Fasting among the Jews. Esther's resolution to defeat the decree. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai, Haman, Hatach. CONCLUSION: We should consider for what end God has put us in the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Esther 4:8. _He gave him the copy of the writing;_ for the decree, or dogma, was exposed to the public. Esther 4:11. _One law of his to put him to death._ This was an ancient law of the Persian kings....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days._ PROVIDENCE TRIES FAITH Thus it is that Providence sometimes frowns on the cause of His Church and people, by not only exposing...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 4:11 ONE LAW. The law in this matter was absolute, without any qualifications or exceptions. NOT BEEN CALLED... THESE THIRTY DAYS. The king’s love for Esther may have begun to wa...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 4:11. THE INNER COURT] The court that faced the principal audience hall—the throne chamber—where alone it would be practicable for Esther to see the king on such business. In t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MOURNING OF MORDECAI, AND OF THE JEWS GENERALLY, ON HEARING OF THE DECREE (Esther 4:1...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes, he put on sackcloth with ashes, and he went out into the midst of the city, and he cried with a loud and bitter cry; And he even came be...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 3:7; Daniel 2:9; Esther 1:19; Esther 2:14; Esther 5:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Inner court — Within which, the king's residence and throne was. Not called — This was decreed, to maintain both the majesty, and the safety of the king's person; and by the contrivance of the greater...

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