Esther 1:8

1:8 There were no restrictions on the drinking, ¹  for the king had instructed all of his supervisors ²  that they should do as everyone so desired. ³ 

Esther 2:11

2:11 And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing ⁴  and what might happen to her.

Esther 2:16

2:16 Then Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus at his royal residence in the tenth ⁵  month (that is, the month of Tebeth) in the seventh ⁶  year of his reign.

Esther 4:13

4:13 he ⁷  said to take back this answer to Esther:

Esther 8:2

8:2 The king then removed his signet ring (the very one he had taken back from Haman) and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman’s estate.

Esther 9:4

9:4 Mordecai was of high rank ⁸  in the king’s palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence ⁹  continued to become greater and greater.

[1:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the drinking was according to law; there was no one compelling.”

[1:8]  ² tn Heb “every chief of his house”; KJV “all the officers of his house”; NLT “his staff.”

[1:8]  ³ tn Heb “according to the desire of man and man.”

[2:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “to know the peace of Esther.”

[2:16]  ⁷ tc The Greek MSS Codex Alexandrinus (A) and Codex Vaticanus (B) read “twelfth” here.

[2:16]  ⁸ tc The Syriac Peshitta reads “fourth” here.

[4:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Mordecai.” The pronoun (“he”) was used in the translation for stylistic reasons. A repetition of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style.

[9:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “great”; NRSV “powerful”; NIV “prominent”; NCV “very important.”

[9:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the man Mordecai” (so NASB, NRSV).