Esther 1

Esther 2

Esther 3

a S Ex 17:8–16; S Nu 24:7; Dt 25:17–19; 1Sa 14:48

b Est 5:9; Da 3:12

c Ge 39:10

d S Est 2:21

e Pr 16:25

f Ps 74:8; 83:4

g Est 9:24

h Est 9:24, 26

i S Lev 16:8; S 1Sa 10:21

j ver 13; Est 9:19

k Ac 16:20–21

1 3:7 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have And the lot fell on.

l Jer 29:7; Da 6:13

m Ezr 4:15

n Est 7:4

o S Ge 41:42

2 3:9 That is, about 375 tons or about 340 metric tons

p S Ne 13:24

q S Ge 38:18

r S 1Sa 15:3; S Ezr 4:6

s S ver 7

t Est 8:11; 9:10

u Est 8:8; 9:1

v Est 8:14

w S Est 1:10

x Est 8:15

Esther 4

Esther 5

Esther 6

Esther 7

a Ge 40:20–22; Mt 22:1–14

b S Est 1:10

c S Est 5:3

d Est 9:12

e S Est 2:15

f Est 3:9; S 4:7

1 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer

g S Ge 34:7; S Est 1:12; Pr 19:12; 20:1–2

h S 2Ki 21:18

i Est 6:13

j S Est 1:6

k Ge 39:14; Jn 13:23

l S Ge 34:7

m S Est 6:12

n Est 1:10

o Est 5:14

p S Dt 21:22–23; Ps 7:14–16; 9:16; Pr 11:5–6; S 26:27; S Mt 7:2

q Ge 40:22

2 7:9 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters

r Pr 10:28

s Est 9:25

t Da 6:24

u Est 2:1

Esther 8

Esther 9

Esther 10