Discovery BoxEsther 4:8 
Context4:8 He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated 1 in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people.
Esther 4:16
Context4:16 “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I 2 will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. 3 If I perish, I perish!”
Esther 7:9
Context7:9 Harbona, 4 one of the king’s eunuchs, said, “Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king’s behalf. It stands near Haman’s home and is seventy-five feet 5 high.”
The king said, “Hang him on it!”
1 tn Heb “given” (so KJV); NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT “issued”; NIV “published”; NAB “promulgated.”
2 tn Heb “I and my female attendants.” The translation reverses the order for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “which is not according to the law” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “contrary to the law.”
4 sn Cf. 1:10, where Harbona is one of the seven eunuchs sent by the king to summon Queen Vashti to his banquet.
5 tn Heb “fifty cubits.” See the note on this expression in Esth 5:14.
