Esther 4:4

King James Version (KJV)

So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Sent raiment - She supposed that he must have been spoiled of his raiment by some means; and therefore sent him clothing.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Esther‘s maids … told it her - Esther‘s nationality and her relationship to Mordecai were probably by this time known to her attendants, though still concealed from the king. See Esther 7:4.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, that oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private affliction, and it is peculiarly distressing to occasion sufferings to others. God will keep those that are exposed to evil by the tenderness of their consciences.

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Cross References

chamberlains

but he received it not

Genesis 37:35

Psalms 77:2

Jeremiah 31:15

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