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Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai

Esther 12:1

In 3 translations

KJV
And Mardocheus took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king, and keepers of the palace.
DRC
And he abode at that time in the king’s court with Bagatha and Thara the king’s eunuchs, who were porters of the palace.
LXXE1:1
And Mardochæus who had seen this vision and what God designed to do, having awoke, kept it in his heart, and desired by all means to interpret it, even till night.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br1:1
“Καὶ διεγερθεὶς Μαρδοχαῖος ὁ ἑωρακὼς τὸ ἐνύπνιον τοῦτο, καὶ τί ὁ Θεὸς βεβούλευται ποιῆσαι, εἶχεν αὐτὸ ἐν τῇ καρδία, καὶ ἐν παντὶ λόγῳ ἤθελεν ἐπιγνῶναι αὐτὸ ἕως τῆς νυκτός.

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From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 1:1l in some Bibles
  • 12:1 in most Bibles

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