Esther 4:5 (ASV)

Passage

Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king`s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

Nearby Context

Esther 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king`s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Esther 4:4 And Esther`s maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it not.

Esther 4:5 Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king`s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

Esther 4:6 So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king`s gate.

Esther 4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king`s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "esther", "hathach", "king", "chamberlains", "appointed", "attend", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "esther", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And Esther s maidens and her chamberlains..." into verse 6's "So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto...", so "called" and "esther" belong inside that flow. In Esther context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "esther" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.