Charles Ellicott Commentary Esther 4:11

"All the king`s servants, and the people of the king`s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days." — Esther 4:11 (ASV)

There is one law of his ... —Literally, one is his law; that is, there is one unvarying rule for such individuals. No one who had not been summoned could enter the king’s presence under penalty of death.

The golden sceptre —We are told that in the representations of Persian kings at Persepolis, in every case the monarch holds a long staff or sceptre in his right hand. How forcibly, after reading this verse, the contrast strikes us between the self-styled king of kings, to enter whose presence, even as a suppliant for help and protection, meant risking death, and the true King of Kings, who has Himself instructed us to say, Let us go into His tabernacle and fall low on our knees before His footstool.