Esth.8.4

Esther 8:4

KJV

Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

Esther Appeals for the Jews

Cross References

Esther 4:11

KJV

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.

Mordecai Appeals to Esther

Esther Learns of Haman’s Plot

Esther 5:2

KJV

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

Esther Approaches the King

Esther 8:3

KJV

¶ And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.