Esther 4:9

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

Esther 4:17

4:17 So Mordecai set out to do everything that Esther had instructed him.

Esther 6:7

6:7 So Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king wishes to honor,

Esther 7:1

The King Has Haman Executed

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

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

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