Esther 4 KJV

What did Mordecai do when he perceived all that was done?

He rent his clothes, put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, crying with a loud and bitter cry.

Where did Mordecai go when he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth?

He went out into the midst of the city.

What did Mordecai do in the midst of the city?

He cried with a loud and bitter cry.

Where did Mordecai go after crying in the city?

He came before the king's gate.

Why did Mordecai not enter into the king's gate?

Because none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

What did Mordecai wear when he went into the midst of the city?

Sackcloth with ashes.

How did Mordecai cry?

With a loud and bitter cry.

Who was prevented from entering the king's gate?

Those who were clothed with sackcloth.

What was the reason Mordecai came before the king's gate?

Because none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

What happened in every province when the king's commandment and decree came?

There was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing.

Who mourned in every province?

The Jews.

What actions did the Jews take in response to the king's commandment?

They fasted, wept, and wailed.

What did many Jews wear during their mourning?

Sackcloth and ashes.

What did the Jews do with sackcloth and ashes?

They lay in them.

What did Esther's maids and chamberlains do when they saw Mordecai in sackcloth at the king's gate?

They came and told it to her.

How did Esther respond when she heard that Mordecai was grieving at the king's gate?

She was exceedingly grieved.

What did Esther send to Mordecai to help him?

Raiment to clothe him and to take away his sackcloth.

Did Mordecai accept the raiment Esther sent?

No, he received it not.

Why did Esther call for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains?

To give him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

Who was Hatach?

One of the king's chamberlains whom he had appointed to attend upon Esther.

What was Esther's commandment to Hatach?

To go to Mordecai to know what it was and why it was.

Where did Hatach go when he left Esther?

To the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.

Who did Hatach go to when he left Esther?

Mordecai.

Where was Mordecai located when Hatach went to him?

In the street of the city, before the king's gate.

What did Mordecai tell Hatach about?

All that had happened unto him and the sum of the money Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews' destruction.

What was the sum of money Haman promised to pay for?

the destruction of the Jews.

What did Haman promise to pay?

A sum of money to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.

Who did Mordecai talk to about the sum of money Haman promised to pay?

Hatach.

What did Mordecai give to Hatach?

The copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy the Jews.

What was Mordecai's purpose in giving the decree to Hatach?

To show it unto Esther and to declare it unto her.

What did Mordecai charge Esther to do?

To go in unto the king, make supplication unto him, and make request before him for her people.

What did Mordecai want Esther to do for her people?

To make supplication unto the king and make request before him.

What did Hatach tell Esther?

The words of Mordecai.

What does the king's law say about anyone who comes to the king's inner court uncalled?

They shall be put to death, except for those to whom the king holds out the golden sceptre.

What exception does the king's law provide to anyone who enter the inner court without being called?

The king may hold out the golden sceptre to someone, allowing them to live.

How long has Esther not been called to come unto the king?

Thirty days

What did Mordecai command to answer Esther?

Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

What did Mordecai tell Esther not to think?

That she would escape in the king's house more than all the Jews.

Where did Mordecai say Esther should not think she would escape?

In the king's house.

Who did Mordecai say Esther should not think she would escape more than?

All the Jews.

What would happen if Esther held her peace at that time?

Enlargement and deliverance would arise to the Jews from another place.

From where would enlargement and deliverance arise if Esther remained silent?

From another place.

What would happen to Esther and her father's house if she held her peace?

They would be destroyed.

Who did Mordecai say would be destroyed if Esther remained silent?

Esther and her father's house.

What did Mordecai question about Esther's coming to the kingdom?

Whether she had come for such a time as this.

Who did Mordecai suggest might have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Esther.

What did Mordecai suggest might be the purpose of Esther's position?

That she had come to the kingdom for such a time as this.

Who did Esther ask to be gathered together?

All the Jews that were present in Shushan.

For whom did Esther ask the Jews to fast?

For her.

How long were the Jews to fast for Esther?

Three days, night or day.

What were the Jews not to do during the fast?

Eat or drink.

Who else would fast along with the Jews?

Esther and her maidens.

What did Esther say she would do after fasting?

Go in unto the king.

How did Esther describe going in unto the king?

As not according to the law.

What did Esther say would happen if she perished?

She perished.

What was Mordecai's response to Esther's command?

He went his way and did according to all that Esther commanded him.

Who did all that Esther had commanded?

Mordecai.