Esther 1:18

1:18 And this very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter concerning the queen will respond in the same way to all the royal officials, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger!

Esther 7:3

7:3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have met with your approval, 1  O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.

Esther 8:7

8:7 King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have already given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action 2  against the Jews.

1 tn Heb “If I have found grace in your eyes” (so also in 8:5); TEV “If it please Your Majesty.”

2 tn Heb “sent forth his hand”; NAB, NIV “attacked”; NLT “tried to destroy.” Cf. 9:2.