the copy.

Esther 3:14, 15
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready for that day. . . .

to charge.

Esther 2:20
Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai's command, as she had done under his care.

1 Timothy 6:13, 17
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate: . . .

to make supplication.

Job 9:15
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

Proverbs 16:14, 15
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. . . .

Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler's temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Acts 12:20
Now Herod had become infuriated with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king's country for food.

request.

Esther 7:3, 4
Then Queen Esther replied, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request. . . .

Esther 8:6
For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?"

Nehemiah 2:3-5
and replied to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?" . . .

Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.