Esther 2:2

2:2 The king’s servants who attended him said, “Let a search be conducted in the king’s behalf for attractive young women. ¹ 

Esther 6:5

6:5 The king’s attendants said to him, “It is Haman who is standing in the courtyard.” The king said, “Let him enter.”

Esther 6:3

6:3 The king asked, “What great honor ²  was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?” The king’s attendants who served him responded, “Not a thing was done for him.”

¹ tn Heb “young women, virgins, good of form.” The same phrase also occurs in v. 3.

² tn Heb “honor and greatness.” The expression is a hendiadys (see the note on 5:10 for an explanation of this figure).