THEOSISEsther 4:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to attend upon her, and she commanded him to go to Mardochai, and learn of him why he did this.
וַתִּקְרָא֩ אֶסְתֵּ֨ר לַהֲתָ֜ךְ מִסָּרִיסֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶעֱמִ֣יד לְפָנֶ֔יהָ וַתְּצַוֵּ֖הוּ עַֽל־מָרְדֳּכָ֑י לָדַ֥עַת מַה־זֶּ֖ה וְעַל־מַה־זֶּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Heb 4:15For we have not a high priest who cannot have compassion on our infirmities: but one tempted in all things like as we are, without sin.
- 1 Cor 12:26And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it: or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.
- Esth 1:12But she refused, and would not come at the king's commandment, which he had signified to her by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being angry, and inflamed with a very great fury,
- Rom 12:15Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.
- Esth 1:10Now on the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very much drinking was well warmed with wine, he commanded Mauman, and Bazatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and Zethar, and Charcas, the seven eunuchs that served in his presence,
- Phil 2:4Each one not considering the things that are his own, but those that are other men's.