Esther 4:8-10

Amplified Bible

⁸ Mordecai also gave him a copy of the text of the decree which had been issued in Susa for the Jews destruction, so that he might show Esther and explain it to her, and order her to go in to the king to seek his favor and plead with him for [the lives of] her people.

⁹ Hathach came back and told Esther what Mordecai had said. ¹⁰ Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai, saying: