Ester 4:11

4:11 “All the servants of the king and the people of the king’s provinces know that there is only one law applicable ¹  to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court – that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. ²  Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty days!”

Ester 8:8

8:8 Now you write in the king’s name whatever in your opinion is appropriate concerning the Jews and seal it with the king’s signet ring. Any decree that is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be rescinded.

Ester 5:11

5:11 Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, ³  his many sons, ⁴  and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants.

[4:11]  ¹ tn Heb “one is his law”; NASB “he (the king NIV) has but one law”

[4:11]  ² tn Heb “and he will live”; KJV, ASV “that he may live”; NIV “and spare his life.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “the glory of his riches” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “the splendor of his riches.”

[5:11]  ⁴ sn According to Esth 9:10 Haman had ten sons.