Notes for Esther

Esther 1

aS Ezr 4:6

bEst 9:30; Da 3:2; 6:1

cEst 8:9

dS Ezr 4:9; S Est 2:8

1 1:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther

2 1:1 That is, the upper Nile region

eS 1Ki 3:15

fJdg 14:17

gS 2Ki 21:18

hEst 7:8; Eze 23:41; Am 3:12; 6:4

iEst 2:18; Da 5:2

jS 1Ki 3:15

kS Jdg 16:25; S Ru 3:7

lS Ge 14:18; Est 3:15; 5:6; 7:2; Pr 31:4–7; Da 5:1–4

mEst 7:9

nSS 2:4

oPs 45:11; Eze 16:14

pGe 39:19; Est 2:21; 7:7; Pr 19:12

q1Ch 12:32

rEzr 7:14

sPr 19:13; 27:15

tEcc 8:4

uEst 8:8; Da 6:8, 12

vS Ne 13:24

Esther 2

aEst 7:10

bS 1Sa 9:1

cS 2Ki 24:6, 15

dDa 1:1–5; 5:13

eGe 41:45

1 2:6 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin

fS Ge 39:6

gNe 1:1; Est 1:2; Da 8:2

hS Ge 39:21

iS Ge 37:3; 1Sa 9:22–24; S 2Ki 25:30; Est 9:19; Eze 16:9–13; Da 1:5

jver 20

kPr 27:9; SS 1:3; Isa 3:24

l1Ki 11:3; SS 6:8; Da 5:2

mEst 4:11

nEst 9:29

oPs 45:14

pS Ge 18:3; S 30:27; Est 5:8; 7:3; 8:5

qEze 16:9–13

rS 1Ki 3:15

sS Ge 40:20

tS Est 1:7

uEst 4:2; 5:13

vver 10

wS Ge 40:2

xS Est 1:12; 3:5; 5:9; 7:7

2 2:21 Hebrew Bigthan, a variant of Bigthana

yS Ge 40:19; S Dt 21:22–23; Ps 7:14–16; Pr 26:27; Ecc 10:8

zEst 6:1; 10:2

aEst 6:2

Esther 3

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

bEst 5:9; Da 3:12

cGe 39:10

dS Est 2:21

ePr 16:25

fPs 74:8; 83:4

gEst 9:24

hEst 9:24, 26

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

jver 13; Est 9:19

kAc 16:20–21

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

lJer 29:7; Da 6:13

mEzr 4:15

nEst 7:4

oS Ge 41:42

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

pS Ne 13:24

qS Ge 38:18

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

sS ver 7

tEst 8:11; 9:10

uEst 8:8; 9:1

vEst 8:14

wS Est 1:10

xEst 8:15

Esther 4

aS Nu 14:6

bS 2Sa 13:19; Eze 27:30–31

cS Ex 11:6; Ps 30:11

dS Est 2:19

eEst 7:4

fEst 2:14

gDa 2:9

hEst 5:1, 2; 8:4; Ps 125:3

iJob 34:29; Ps 28:1; 35:22; Ecc 3:7; Isa 42:14; 57:11; 62:1; 64:12; Am 5:13

jEst 9:16, 22

kS Ge 45:7; S Dt 28:29

lS Ge 50:20

mS 2Ch 20:3; Est 9:31

nS Ge 43:14

Esther 5

aEze 16:13

bPr 21:1

cS Est 4:11

dEst 7:2; Da 5:16; Mk 6:23

eS Est 1:10

fDa 5:16; Mk 6:23

gEst 9:12

hS Est 2:15

iS 1Ki 3:15

jS Est 2:21; Pr 14:17

kS Est 3:3, 5

lEst 6:13

mPr 13:16

nEst 9:7–10, 13

oJob 22:29; Pr 16:18; 29:23

pS Est 2:19

qEst 7:9

rS Ezr 6:11

1 5:14 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters

Esther 6

aDa 2:1; 6:18

bS Est 2:23

cEst 2:21–23

dEcc 9:13–16

eS Ge 41:42; S Isa 52:1

f1Ki 1:33

gGe 41:43

hS Ge 41:42

i2Sa 15:30; Est 7:8; Jer 14:3, 4; Mic 3:7

jEst 5:10

kPs 57:6; Pr 26:27; 28:18

lEst 7:7

mS 1Ki 3:15

Esther 7

aGe 40:20–22; Mt 22:1–14

bS Est 1:10

cS Est 5:3

dEst 9:12

eS Est 2:15

fEst 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

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

hS 2Ki 21:18

iEst 6:13

jS Est 1:6

kGe 39:14; Jn 13:23

lS Ge 34:7

mS Est 6:12

nEst 1:10

oEst 5:14

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

qGe 40:22

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

rPr 10:28

sEst 9:25

tDa 6:24

uEst 2:1

Esther 8

aPr 22:22–23

bS Ge 24:22; S 41:42

cS Ge 41:41; Pr 13:22; 14:35; Da 2:48

dS Ex 17:8–16

eS Est 4:11

fS Est 2:15

gGe 44:34

hS Dt 21:22–23

iS Est 3:12–14

jS Ge 38:18

kS Ge 41:42

lS Est 1:19; Da 6:15

mEst 1:1

nS Ne 13:24

1 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region

oS Ge 14:23; S Est 3:13; 9:10, 15, 16

pEst 3:13; 9:1

2 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;

qEst 3:14

rEst 3:15

sEst 9:4; 10:2

tS 2Sa 12:30

uS Ge 41:42

vEst 3:15

wPs 97:10–12

xEst 4:1–3; Ps 112:4; Jer 29:4–7

yPs 35:27; 45:15; 51:8; Pr 11:10

zS Ex 15:14, 16; Dt 11:25; Da 6:26

aEst 9:3

Esther 9

aS Est 8:12

bJer 29:4–7

cS Est 3:12–14; Pr 22:22–23

dS Ge 22:17

ePs 35:26; 40:14; 70:2; 71:13, 24

fS Ezr 8:36

gEst 8:17

hS Est 8:15

iS Ex 11:3

jS 2Sa 3:1; 1Ch 11:9

kDt 25:17–19; S 1Sa 15:3; S Ezr 4:6

lS Est 5:11; Ps 127:3–5

mS 1Sa 15:33

nS Ge 14:23; S 1Sa 14:32; S Est 3:13

oEst 5:6; 7:2

pS Est 5:11

qS Dt 21:22–23

rS Ezr 6:11

sS Ge 14:23; S Est 8:11

tS Est 4:14

uDt 25:19

vS 1Ch 4:43

wS Est 8:11

xS 1Ki 3:15

yS Est 3:7

zDt 16:11, 14; S Est 2:9; Rev 11:10

aS Est 4:14

bNe 8:12; Ps 30:11–12

cS 2Ki 25:30

dS Ne 8:10

eS Ex 17:8–16

fS Est 3:7

gS Lev 16:8

hEst 3:6

iPs 7:16

jS Dt 21:22–23

kEst 7:10

lS Est 3:7

1 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king

mEst 2:15

nS Est 1:1

oS Est 4:16

pEst 4:1–3

Esther 10

aPs 72:10; 97:1

bS Est 8:15

cS Ge 41:44

dS Est 2:23

eDa 5:7

fGe 41:43

gGe 41:40

hNe 2:10; Jer 29:4–7; Da 6:3