Ester 4:10

4:10 Then Esther replied to Hathach with instructions for Mordecai:

Ester 7:1

The King Has Haman Executed

7:1 So the king and Haman came to dine ¹  with Queen Esther.

Ester 8:11

8:11 The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves – to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, ²  and to confiscate their property.

Ester 8:16

8:16 For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor. ³ 

Ester 9:6

9:6 In Susa the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

Ester 9:10

9:10 the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property.

[7:1]  ¹ tn Heb “to drink”; NASB “to drink wine.” The expression is a metaphor for lavish feasting, cf. NRSV “to feast”; KJV “to banquet.”

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “children and women.” As in 3:13, the translation follows contemporary English idiom, which reverses the order.

[8:16]  ³ tn Heb “light and gladness and joy and honor” (so NASB). The present translation understands the four terms to be a double hendiadys.