Esther 4:13 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then Mordecai sent this message back to Esther: 'Don't think that just because you live in the king's palace, you'll be safe when all the other Jews are in danger.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Mordecai is warning Esther that her privileged position won't protect her from the danger threatening all Jewish people.

📚 Historical Context

This occurs during the Persian Empire when Haman had convinced King Xerxes to issue a decree to destroy all Jews throughout the kingdom. Esther was the Jewish queen, but she had kept her ethnicity secret. Mordecai was urging her to risk her life by approaching the king uninvited to plead for her people's lives.

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Then the king's secretaries were called together on the twenty-third day of the third month (called Sivan). They wrote down everything that Mordecai commanded to be sent to the Jews and to all the governors, officials, and rulers of the provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia—all 127 provinces. The message was written to each province in its own script and to each people group in their own language, including to the Jews in their own writing and language.

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And he sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of King Ahasuerus's kingdom, with words of peace and truth,

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Then Esther told them to go back and give Mordecai this message:

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