Esther 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

None might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth - This law is not elsewhere mentioned; but its principle - that nothing of evil omen is to be obtruded on the monarch - has been recognized throughout the East in all ages.

Esther 4:2

2 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.