2 So Je·hoshʹa·phat was told: “A large crowd has come against you from the region of the sea,* from Eʹdom,+ and there they are in Hazʹa·zon-taʹmar, that is, En-gedʹi.”+ 3 At that Je·hoshʹa·phat became afraid, and he resolved* to search for Jehovah.+ So he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.

15 Then Esther replied to Morʹde·cai: 16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shuʹshan* and fast+ in my behalf. Do not eat or drink for three days,+ night and day. I along with my female attendants will also fast. I will go in to the king, which is against the law, and if I am to perish, I will perish.”