Add parallel Print Page Options

Esther's female servants the eunuchs who took care of her told her what Mordecai was doing. So Esther was very upset. She sent clothes for Mordecai to put on instead of the sackcloth, but Mordecai refused to wear them. Hathach was one of the king's eunuchs who served Esther. Esther asked him to discover what was the matter with Mordecai.[a]

So Hathach went to speak to Mordecai. Mordecai was outside the king's gate, in an open place.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 4:5 Esther could not leave the palace because she was one of the king's wives. Mordecai could not come into the palace because he was wearing sackcloth.