Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Esth 4:16

“Go, and gather together all the Jews whom thou shalt find in Susan, and pray ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights: and I with my handmaids will fast in like manner, and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger.”

“so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law--The appeal of Mordecai was irresistible. Having appointed a solemn fast of three days, she expressed her firm resolution to make an appeal to the king, though she should perish in the attempt. I . . . and my maidens--It is probable that she had surrounded herself with Jewish maidens, or women who were proselytes to that religion. Next: Esther Chapter 5”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.