Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Esther 4:2
Verse Esther 4:2. Before the king's gate] He could not enter into the gate, of the place where the officers waited, because he was in the habit of a mourner; for this would have been contrary to law.
Verse Esther 4:2. Before the king's gate] He could not enter into the gate, of the place where the officers waited, because he was in the habit of a mourner; for this would have been contrary to law.
NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING’S GATE CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH - This law is not elsewhere mentioned; but its principle - that nothing of evil omen is to be obtruded on the monarch - has been recognized...
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...
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...
EVEN. as far as....
_and he came even before the king's gate_ either as being his usual place of resort, or with the hope that in this time of distress he might have some chance of communication with Esther, even though...
Esther 4:1-3. Dismay of Mordecai and the Jews Mordecai not only shares with the other dwellers in Susa the knowledge of the impending calamity, but also has obtained (Esther 4:7) information as to th...
IV. Pluck of Esther, Chapter 4 A. Cry TEXT: Esther 4:1-3 1 Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the c...
_AND CAME EVEN BEFORE THE KING'S GATE: FOR NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING'S GATE CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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....
EVEN BEFORE] better, 'as far as before.' The LXX adds, 'and stopped.'...
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...
NONE MIGHT ENTER... — That nothing sad or ill-omened might meet the monarch’s gaze, as though by shutting his eyes, as it were, to the presence of sorrow, or sickness, or death, he might suppose that...
וַ יָּבֹ֕וא עַ֖ד לִ פְנֵ֣י שַֽׁעַר ־הַ
MORDECAI Esther 2:5; Esther 4:1; Esther 6:10; Esther 9:1 THE hectic enthusiast who inspires Daniel Deronda with his passionate ideas is evidently a...
QUEEN ESTHER Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12 THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all the chosen maidens of his realm, and who then delivers her people in the crisis...
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...
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...
And came even before the king's (a) gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. (a) Because he would inform Esther of this cruel proclamation....
_Sackcloth. Greek adds, "and ashes." Such an appearance was deemed disrespectful. God forbids his priests to act thus, Leviticus xxi.. 1. See Genesis xli. 14. Yet the miserable ought not to be entirel...
(1) В¶ When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; (2) And c...
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...
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...
AND CAME EVEN BEFORE THE KING'S GATE,.... Or court, that Esther might if possible be made acquainted with this dreadful calamity coming upon her people: FOR NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING'S GATE CLOT...
And came even before the king's gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. Ver. 2. And came even before the king's gate] Which should have been always open to poor peti...
_And came even before the king's gate_ That his cry might come to the ears of Esther: _for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth_ He durst not take his place in the gate, nor si...
and came even before the king's gate, to the open place before the royal palace; FOR NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING'S GATE CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH, while bearing the dress and the disfigurements of mou...
THE MOURNING OF THE JEWS...
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...
1-4 Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, that oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private affliction, and it is peculiarly distressing to occasion...
NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING'S GATE; and therefore he might not sit there, as he had hitherto done. CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH, lest it should give the king any occasion of grief or trouble....
Esther 4:2 went H935 (H8799) front H6440 kings H4428 gate H8179 enter H935 (H8800) kings H4428 gate...
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...
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....
_Clothed with sackcloth._ THE TRANSFIGURED SACKCLOTH The sign of affliction was thus excluded from the Persian court that royalty might not be discomposed. This disposition to place an interdict on d...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 4:1 SACKCLOTH AND ASHES... FASTING AND WEEPING. Traditional ways of expressing grief in the ancient Near East, including Israel. Such behavior was banned in THE KING’S GATE (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 4:1. PERCEIVED ALL THAT WAS DONE] Evident that Mordecai knew not only the terms of the public proclamation, but the particulars of the private arrangement between Haman and the...
EXPOSITION MOURNING OF MORDECAI, AND OF THE JEWS GENERALLY, ON HEARING OF THE DECREE (Esther 4:1...
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...
Acts 10:4; Acts 7:10; Esther 4:11; Esther 8:4; Genesis 32:28;...
Sackcloth — Lest it should give the king any occasion of grief and trouble. But what availed, to keep out the badges of sorrow unless they could have kept out the causes of sorrow too? To forbid sackc...