Esther 3:13
3:13 Letters were sent by the runners to all the king’s provinces stating that 1 they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, 2 on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day 3 of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.
Esther 7:4
7:4 For we have been sold 4 – both I and my people – to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”
1 tn The words “stating that” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “children and women.” The translation follows contemporary English idiom, which reverses the order.
3 tc The LXX does not include the words “on the thirteenth day.”
4 sn The passive verb (“have been sold”) is noncommittal and nonaccusatory with regard to the king’s role in the decision to annihilate the Jews.