Esther 4:3

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3 Now in each and every province where the word and law of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with ^afasting, weeping, and wailing; and many made their bed in sackcloth and ashes.

Esther 4:16

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16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; ^ado not eat or drink for ^bthree days, night or day. I and my young women also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”