Esther 4:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ Mordecai told him everything that had happened as well as the exact amount of silver that Haman had promised to put in the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

^8 [a]“Remember the days of your lowly estate,” Mordecai had Hathach say, “when you were brought up in my charge; for Haman, who stands next to the king, has asked for our death.⁹ Invoke the Lord and speak to the king on our behalf; save us from death.”

⁸ Mordecai also gave him a copy of the edict that had been published in Susa, for the annihilation of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther. Hathach was to urge her to go into the king’s presence to plead for mercy and intercede with him for her people.

⁹ Hathach went back to Esther and told her what Mordecai had said.

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