Discovery BoxEsther 1:13 
Context1:13 The king then inquired of the wise men who were discerners of the times – for it was the royal custom to confer with all those who were proficient in laws and legalities. 1
Esther 2:21
Context2:21 In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan 2 and Teresh, 3 two of the king’s eunuchs who protected the entrance, 4 became angry and plotted to assassinate 5 King Ahasuerus.
Esther 9:3
Context9:3 All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king’s business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.
Esther 9:19
Context9:19 This is why the Jews who are in the rural country – those who live in rural cities – set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday for happiness, banqueting, holiday, and sending gifts to one another.
1 tn Heb “judgment” (so KJV); NASB, NIV “justice”; NRSV “custom.”
2 tn This individual is referred to as “Bigthana,” a variant spelling of the name, in Esth 6:2.
3 tc The LXX does not include the names “Bigthan and Teresh” here.
4 tn Heb “guarders of the threshold”; NIV “who guarded the doorway.”
5 tn Heb “sought to send a hand against”; CEV “decided to kill.”
