Bible Strands
Esther 4:7
and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Mordecai speaks to Hathach after Hathach arrives at the king’s gate in the city square. Mordecai reports the events directed against the Jews and specifies the exact sum Haman pledged to the royal treasury.
The words — The verb וַ/יַּגֶּד (va/i.ya.ged-) translates literally as "he told," and פָּרָשַׁת (pa.ra.Shat) means "the exact amount." These terms mark the moment as a precise disclosure of both events and financial figures.
The thread — The promised treasury payment runs parallel to the royal authority established in Esther 3:2, where Haman’s commands are enforced at the king’s gate. The act of telling connects to the sequential communication that moves the narrative toward royal intervention.
Why it lands — The text states the concrete details of a funded threat and the transmission of those details to a messenger. It asks the reader to recognize how bureaucratic corruption operates and how information must be deliberately relayed to enable a response.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Cross-references
- Esther 3:2 All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.