Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Esther 4:4
Verse Esther 4:4. Sent raiment] She supposed that he must have been spoiled of his raiment by some means; and therefore sent him clothing.
Verse Esther 4:4. Sent raiment] She supposed that he must have been spoiled of his raiment by some means; and therefore sent him clothing.
ESTHER’S MAIDS ... TOLD IT HER - Esther’s nationality and her relationship to Mordecai were probably by this time known to her attendants, though still concealed from the king. See Esther 7:4....
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...
MAIDS. See note on Esther 2:4. CHAMBERLAINS. eunuchs....
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...
B. Crisis TEXT: Esther 4:4-9 4 And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcl...
_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 RECEIVED...
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....
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...
SO ESTHER’S MAIDS... — It is perhaps fair to infer from this, that Esther’s connection with Mordecai was known to those about her, though as yet not to the king....
_וַ֠_†_תָּבֹואנָה_† נַעֲרֹ֨ות אֶסְתֵּ֤ר וְ סָרִיסֶ֨יהָ֙ וַ...
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...
_Her, concerning the unusual distress of one of the courtiers. They knew not, (Menochius) perhaps, that he was related to her. (Haydock)_...
(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...
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...
SO ESTHER'S MAIDS AND HER CHAMBERLAINS CAME AND TOLD IT HER,.... Her maids of honour and eunuchs that attended her, which they might tell her merely as a piece of news, there being something shocking...
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 received...
_So Esther's maids came and told it her_ Namely, that Mordecai appeared before the king's gate in sackcloth. _Then was the queen exceedingly grieved_ Imagining some mischief had befallen him, and not...
So Esther's maids and her chamberlains, the eunuchs in charge of the royal harem, CAME AND TOLD IT HER, they brought her the news, Mordecai's behavior, with which he had purposely drawn attention to h...
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...
CHAMBERLAINS: _ Heb._ Eunuchs...
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...
SHE SENT RAIMENT TO CLOTHE MORDECAI; that so he might be capable of returning to his former place, if not of coming to her to acquaint her with the cause of that unusual sorrow....
Esther 4:4 Esthers H635 maids H5291 eunuchs H5631 came H935 (H8799) told H5046 (H8686) queen H4436 deeply...
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....
_Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment._ SORROW NET SUPERFICIALLY REMOVED Esther, in her elevation, and in her separation from her friends, was far from forgetting them. She wa...
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...
1 Samuel 8:15; 2 Kings 9:32; Acts 8:27; Esther 1:12; Genesis 37:35;...
To clothe — That so he might be capable of returning to his former place, if not of coming to her to acquaint her with the cause of his sorrow....