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Mardochaeus answered, Do not flatter thyself that a royal court will shelter thee in the general massacre of thy countrymen. (Esther 4, 13)
The third day came, and Esther put on her royal robes; and, so clad, made her appearance before the king’s palace, within the royal (that is, the inner) court. There sat the king on his throne, in the palace council chamber, facing the main door; (Esther 5, 1)
since the king’s grace is ready to humour my whim, to grant me what I ask, do me the favour to dine with me to-morrow, and Aman with thee; then I will make known to the royal ear what my request is. (Esther 5, 8)
Aman, said Assuerus, when he came in, what should a king do, if his heart is set on raising one of his subjects to great honour? And Aman, casting about in his mind, could think of no other man that would be so marked out for the royal favour, but himself. (Esther 6, 6)
he should be dressed in royal robes, mounted on the king’s own horse, and crowned with the royal crown; (Esther 6, 8)
And even as they spoke, in came the royal chamberlains, and hurried him off to the feast the queen had prepared for him. (Esther 6, 14)
The golden sceptre was held out, in sign of the royal favour, and she rose to her feet and stood fronting him. (Esther 8, 4)
But letters sent in the king’s name and signed with his ring, by the custom of the realm, none must ever revoke.✻ Write rather in my name, under the royal seal, orders for the Jewish people to obey, in whatever sense likes you best. (Esther 8, 8)
So, on the twenty-third day of the third month, Siban, they summoned notary and scribe of the royal household, and at Mardochaeus’ bidding they issued orders to the Jewish people. Letters were sent to all the chieftains, governors and judges who ruled the hundred and twenty-seven provinces between India and Ethiopia, written to each province or tribe in the characters it used and in the language it spoke; to the Jews, in their own characters and their own language. (Esther 8, 9)
And these letters, written under the royal seal in the king’s name, were sent out by post-boys, that must carry them from province to province before the earlier decree could be executed. (Esther 8, 10)
Swiftly the post-boys went about their errand, and in Susan the royal edict was hung up for all to see. (Esther 8, 14)
When Mardochaeus came out from his audience with the king, resplendent in royal robes of violet and white, a gold crown on his head, his cloak of purple and lawn, the whole city welcomed him with rejoicing and applause; (Esther 8, 15)
