Esther 10:1

Mordecai’s Fame Increases

10:1 King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

Esther 2:17

2:17 And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval more than all the other young women. So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen in place of Vashti.

Esther 3:1

Haman Conspires to Destroy the Jews

3:1 Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position above that of all the officials who were with him.


tn Heb “grace and loyal love.” The expression is probably a hendiadys.

tc The LXX does not include the words “more than all the other young women.”

tn Heb “caused her to rule.”

tn Heb “after these things” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, NASB, NIV “After these events.”

tn Heb “made great”; NAB “raised…to high rank”; NIV “honored.”

tn Heb “chair”; KJV, NRSV “seat”; NASB “established his authority.”