# Esther 04 General Notes

### Special concepts in this chapter

#### Mordecai warns Esther to act

Mordecai tells Esther she must beg the king for the Jews' lives, even if she risks her own death. 

### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter

#### Implicit information

There is implicit information translators may not understand. "Who knows whether you have come to this royal position for such a time as this?"  This means "maybe God made you the queen so you could save the Jews." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

## Links:

* __[Esther 04:01 Notes](./01.md)__

__[<<](../03/intro.md) | [>>](../05/intro.md)__