Esther 4:2
“And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And came even before the king's gate,.... Or court, that Esther might if possible be made acquainted with this dreadful…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
None might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth - This law is not elsewhere mentioned; but its principle -…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Before the king's gate - He could not enter into the gate, of the place where the officers waited, because he was in the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Esther 4:1-4
Here we have an account of the general sorrow that there was among the Jews upon the publishing of Haman's bloody edict…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
and he came even before the king's gate either as being his usual place of resort, or with the hope that in this time of…