Esther’s female servants and her eunuchs came and reported the news to her, and the queen was overcome with fear.(A) She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear so he could take off his sackcloth, but he did not accept them. Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs assigned to her, and dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what he was doing and why.[a] So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the King’s Gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 4:5 Lit what is this and why is this

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