* 1.1 Ezra 4.6; Esth 8.9; 9.30; Dan 9.1

* 1.2 Neh 1.1

* 1.3 Esth 2.18

* 1.5 Esth 7.7, 8

a 1.6 Or rods

* 1.6 Ezek 23.41; Am 6.4

* 1.7 Esth 2.18

* 1.10 Judg 16.25; Esth 7.9

b 1.13 Cn: Heb times

* 1.13 1 Chr 12.32; Jer 10.7; Dan 2.12

* 1.14 2 Kings 25.19

* 1.17 Eph 5.33

c 1.18 Cn: Heb will tell

* 1.19 Esth 8.8; Dan 6.8

* 1.20 Eph 5.22; Col 3.18

d 1.22 Compare Gk: Heb adds and speak according to the language of his people

* 1.22 Esth 8.9; Eph 5.22–24; 1 Tim 2.12

* 2.1 Esth 1.19, 20; 7.10

* 2.3 vv 8, 15

* 2.5 Esth 3.2

* 2.6 2 Kings 24.6, 14, 15

* 2.7 v 15

* 2.8 vv 3, 15

* 2.9 vv 3, 12

* 2.10 v 20

* 2.15 v 7; Esth 9.29

* 2.17 Esth 1.11

e 2.18 Or an amnesty or a release from taxes

* 2.18 Esth 1.3, 7

f 2.19 Heb adds a second time

* 2.20 v 10

g 2.21 Heb to lay hands on

* 2.21 Esth 6.2

* 2.22 Esth 6.1, 2

* 2.23 Esth 10.2

* 3.2 v 5; Esth 2.19

* 3.3 v 2

* 3.5 v 2; Esth 5.9

h 3.6 Heb lay hands on

* 3.6 Ps 83.4

i 3.7 Cn Compare Gk and 3.13 below: Heb lacks the thirteenth day of

* 3.7 Ezra 6.15; Esth 9.24

* 3.8 Ezra 4.12–15; Acts 16.20

* 3.10 Gen 41.42; Esth 7.6; 8.2

* 3.12 1 Kings 21.8; Esth 8.8–10

* 3.13 Esth 8.10–14

* 3.14 Esth 8.13, 14

* 3.15 Esth 8.15

* 4.1 Esth 3.8–10; Ezek 27.30; Jon 3.5, 6

* 4.3 Isa 58.5

* 4.7 Esth 3.9

* 4.8 Esth 3.14, 15

* 4.11 Esth 5.1, 2; 6.4; 8.4; Dan 2.9

* 4.16 Esth 5.1

* 5.1 Esth 4.11, 16; 6.4

* 5.2 Esth 4.11; 8.4; Prov 21.1

* 5.3 Esth 7.2; Mk 6.23

* 5.5 Esth 6.14

* 5.6 v 3; Esth 7.2

* 5.8 Esth 6.14; 7.3; 8.5

* 5.9 Esth 2.19; 3.5

* 5.10 Esth 6.13

* 5.11 Esth 3.1; 9.7–10

* 5.12 v 8

* 5.13 v 9

* 5.14 Esth 6.4; 7.9, 10

* 6.1 Esth 2.23; 10.2; Dan 6.18

j 6.2 Heb to lay hands on

* 6.2 Esth 2.21, 22

* 6.4 Esth 4.11; 5.1, 14

* 6.6 vv 7, 9, 11

* 6.8 1 Kings 1.33

k 6.9 Heb them

l 6.9 Heb them

* 6.9 Gen 41.43

* 6.12 2 Sam 15.30

* 6.13 Esth 5.10

* 6.14 Esth 5.8

* 7.2 Esth 5.3, 6

* 7.3 Esth 5.8; 8.5

m 7.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain

* 7.4 Esth 3.9, 13

* 7.6 Esth 3.10

* 7.8 Esth 1.6

n 7.9 Heb who spoke well regarding the king

* 7.9 Esth 1.10; 5.14; Ps 7.16; Prov 11.5, 6

* 8.1 Esth 2.7; 7.6

* 8.2 Esth 3.10

* 8.4 Esth 4.11; 5.2

* 8.5 Esth 3.13; 5.8; 7.3

* 8.6 Esth 7.4; 9.1

o 8.7 Heb to lay hands on

* 8.7 v 1

* 8.8 v 10; Esth 1.19; 3.12

* 8.9 Esth 1.1, 22; 3.12

p 8.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain

* 8.10 1 Kings 21.8; Esth 3.12, 13

* 8.11 Esth 3.13; 9.2, 10, 15, 16

* 8.13 Esth 3.14

* 8.15 Esth 3.15

* 8.17 Esth 9.2, 19, 27

* 9.1 v 17; Esth 3.13; 8.12

q 9.2 Heb lay hands on

* 9.2 vv 15–18; Esth 8.11, 17; Ps 71.13, 24

* 9.3 Ezra 8.36

* 9.4 2 Sam 3.1; Prov 4.18

* 9.10 Esth 5.11; 8.11

* 9.12 Esth 7.2

* 9.13 Esth 8.11

* 9.15 v 10

* 9.16 vv 2, 10, 15

* 9.17 vv 1, 21

* 9.18 vv 2, 21

* 9.19 v 22; Deut 16.11, 14; Neh 8.10

* 9.22 v 19

* 9.24 Esth 3.6, 7

r 9.25 Heb she

* 9.25 Esth 3.6–15; 7.4–10; Ps 7.16

* 9.26 v 20

* 9.27 vv 20, 21; Esth 8.17

* 9.29 vv 20, 21; Esth 2.15

* 9.30 Esth 1.1

* 9.31 Esth 4.3

* 9.32 v 26

* 10.1 Isa 24.15

* 10.2 Esth 2.23; 8.15; 9.4

* 10.3 Gen 41.40; Neh 2.10