Esther 1

¹ a. Generally identified with Xerxes I (485–464 B.C.)

² b. Or Susa

² c. Or fortified palace, and so elsewhere in the book

⁵ d. Or Susa

⁵ e. palace

⁷ f. Lit. hand

¹⁴ g. Lit. sat in first place

¹⁹ h. Lit. word

¹⁹ i. pass away

Esther 2

³ a. Or Susa

³ b. palace

³ c. Heb. Hege

⁵ d. Or Susa

⁵ e. palace

⁶ f. Lit. Who

⁶ g. Jehoiachin, 2 Kin. 24:6

⁸ h. Or Susa

⁸ i. palace

⁹ j. Lit. her portions

¹⁰ k. Revealed the identity of

¹⁸ l. Lit. hand

²¹ m. Bigthana, Esth. 6:2

Esther 3

⁷ a. Lit. from day to day and month to month

⁷ b. LXX adds to destroy the people of Mordecai in one day; Vg. adds the nation of the Jews should be destroyed

⁷ c. So with MT, Vg.; LXX and the lot fell on the fourteenth of the month

¹³ d. LXX adds the text of the letter here

¹⁵ e. Or Susa

¹⁵ f. palace

¹⁵ g. in confusion

Esther 4

¹ a. Lit. Mordecai

⁸ b. Or Susa

¹⁶ c. Or Susa

¹⁷ d. LXX adds a prayer of Mordecai here

Esther 5

¹ a. LXX adds many extra details in vv. 1, 2

⁸ b. Lit. to do

¹⁴ c. Lit. tree or wood

¹⁴ d. About 75 feet

Esther 6

¹ a. Lit. the king’s sleep fled away

² b. Bigthan, Esth. 2:21

⁸ c. crown

⁹ d. Lit. cause him to ride

Esther 7

⁹ a. Lit. tree or wood

Esther 8

⁸ a. Lit. as is good in your eyes

¹⁰ b. Lit. sons of the swift horses

¹² c. LXX adds the text of the letter here

¹⁴ d. Or Susa

¹⁴ e. palace

¹⁵ f. violet

¹⁵ g. Or Susa

Esther 9

⁶ a. Or Susa

⁶ b. palace

¹⁰ c. spoil

¹¹ d. Or Susa

¹¹ e. palace

¹¹ f. Lit. came

¹⁵ g. Or Susa

¹⁷ h. Lit. it

¹⁸ i. Or Susa

¹⁸ j. Lit. it

²⁵ k. Lit. she or it

²⁵ l. Lit. his

²⁶ m. Lit. Lot

Esther 10

² a. Lit. made him great

³ b. Lit. seed. LXX, Vg. add a dream of Mordecai here; Vg. adds six more chapters