Esther 3:12

3:12 So the royal scribes ¹  were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps ²  and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

Esther 3:1

Haman Conspires to Destroy the Jews

3:1 Some time later ³  King Ahasuerus promoted ⁴  Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position ⁵  above that of all the officials who were with him.

Esther 1:8

1:8 There were no restrictions on the drinking, ⁶  for the king had instructed all of his supervisors ⁷  that they should do as everyone so desired. ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “secretaries” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

² tn Or “princes” (so NLT); CEV “highest officials.”

³ tn Heb “after these things” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, NASB, NIV “After these events.”

⁴ tn Heb “made great”; NAB “raised…to high rank”; NIV “honored.”

⁵ tn Heb “chair”; KJV, NRSV “seat”; NASB “established his authority.”

⁶ tn Heb “the drinking was according to law; there was no one compelling.”

⁷ tn Heb “every chief of his house”; KJV “all the officers of his house”; NLT “his staff.”

⁸ tn Heb “according to the desire of man and man.”