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Esther 4:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Esther 4:3

Verse 3 of 17

Scripture focus

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 4:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Esther 4:3

Theological / Devotional

In every province. The Scripture account implies that by this time the Jews were scattered everywhere throughout the Persian Empire.

Many. Rather, “most of them.”

By SdaBc