All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Todos los que trabajan para el rey, y toda la gente de su reino, conocen esta ley: cualquier persona, hombre o mujer, que vaya al rey en su corte privada sin ser invitada será condenada a muerte. La única excepción es si el rey extiende su cetro de oro para mostrar misericordia y permitir que esa persona viva. Pero no he sido llamada a ver al rey por treinta días.
Acercarse al rey sin invitación significaba muerte, a menos que él extendiera su cetro de oro, y Ester no había sido llamada en treinta días.
📚 Contexto Histórico
In the Book of Esther, set during the Persian Empire under King Ahasuerus (likely Xerxes I), the narrative depicts a royal court where the monarch's authority was absolute, and strict protocols governed access to the king. Anyone who entered the inner court without being summoned faced execution, unless the king extended his golden scepter as a sign of mercy, reflecting the cultural emphasis on the king's isolation and power in ancient Near Eastern monarchies. This verse occurs as Esther weighs the risks of approaching the king to intercede for the Jewish people amid a plot of genocide.
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