Esther 4:6 (WEB)

Passage

So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was before the king’s gate.

Nearby Context

Esther 4:4 Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth; but he didn’t receive it.

Esther 4:5 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was.

Esther 4:6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was before the king’s gate.

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

Esther 4:8 He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hathach", "went", "mordecai", "city", "square", "before", "king", and "gate". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hathach" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Then Esther called for Hathach one of..." into verse 7's "Mordecai told him of all that had...", so "hathach" and "went" 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 "hathach" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.