1tn Heb “great.”

2tn Heb “brothers.”

3tn Heb “he was seeking.”

4tn Heb “he was speaking peace to.”

5sn A number of additions to the Book of Esther appear in the apocryphal, or deuterocanonical, writings. These additions supply further information about various scenes described in the canonical book and are interesting in their own right. However, they were never a part of the Hebrew Bible.