Esther 4:16

“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 ¹  will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. ²  If I perish, I perish!”

Ge 18:19; Ge 43:14; Jos 24:15; 1Sa 19:5; 2Sa 10:12; 2Ch 20:3; Es 5:1; Isa 22:12; Joe 1:14,15; Joe 2:12-17; Jon 3:4-9; Mt 12:40; Lu 9:24; Ac 9:9; Ac 10:7; Ac 20:24; Ac 21:13; Ac 27:33; Ro 16:4; Php 2:30

¹ tn Heb “I and my female attendants.” The translation reverses the order for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “which is not according to the law” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “contrary to the law.”