Ester 4:9

4:9 So Hathach returned and related Mordecai’s instructions ¹  to Esther.

Ester 7:1

The King Has Haman Executed

7:1 So the king and Haman came to dine ²  with Queen Esther.

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.

[4:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the words of Mordecai” (so KJV); NIV, NRSV, CEV “what Mordecai had said”; NLT “with Mordecai’s message.”

[7:1]  ² tn Heb “to drink”; NASB “to drink wine.” The expression is a metaphor for lavish feasting, cf. NRSV “to feast”; KJV “to banquet.”

[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.