that is, pray for her, that she might have courage to go in to the king, and meet with success; for prayer was the principal thing, fasting only an accessory to it, and as fitting for it, and expressive of affliction and humiliation of soul: and neither eat nor drink three days, ...
Esther went to King Xerxes after three days of fasting and the king asked her what her request was. Queen Ester asked that the king and Haman join her at a banquet the next day. The king said yes and asked Esther to let her request be known at the banquet. Haman was still so enrage...
2 He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and ...
as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.3Now in each and every province where the word and law of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, withfasting, weeping, and wailing; and many made their bed in sackcloth and ashes...
Courageously, Esther formulated her plan to help her people, even if it meant the real possibility that she might be killed in the effort. She prepared herself both physically—as well as spiritually, as evidenced by her fasting (Esther 4:16; 9:31). Then seizing the right moment, she pre...
Adar is the only month in the biblical calendar that has been mentioned in “The Book of Esther.” God is not mentioned It is the only book in the Hebrew Bible that does not mention God. Why The Esther Fast is Important It teaches us about sacrifice and strengthens willpower Fasting make...
the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, 31To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their ...
Amplified BibleHe went [only] as far as the king’s gate, because no one was to enter the king’s gate dressed in sackcloth.Christian Standard BibleHe went only as far as the King’s Gate, since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King’s Gate.Holman Christian...
in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, 31 in order to confirm these days of Purim at their proper time just as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had established them and just as they had committed themselves and their descendants to the practices of fastings and lamentation....
31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these...