Esther (Greek) 1
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Addition A
Esther (Greek) 11
Mordecai’s Dream
1 # 11.2 11.2—12.6 corresponds to A 1–17 in some translations. 2#Est 3.7; Add Est 2.5; 3.7; 9.20, 26; 10.5In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the Great, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream. 3#Neh 1.1He was a Jew living in the city of Susa, a great man serving in the court of the king. 4#Est 2.6; Add Est 2.6He was one of the captives whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken captive from Jerusalem with King Jeconiah of Judea. And this was his dream: 5Noises#11.5 Or Voices and confusion, thunder and earthquake, tumult on the earth! 6#Add Est 10.7Then two great dragons came forward, both ready to fight, and they roared terribly. 7#Ex 19.6; Wis 10.15At their roaring every nation prepared for war, to fight against a nation of righteous people. 8#Joel 2.2; Zeph 1.15It was a day of darkness and gloom, of tribulation and distress, affliction and great tumult on the earth! 9#Ex 19.6; Wis 10.15And the whole righteous nation was troubled; they feared the evils that threatened them#11.9 Gk their own evils and were ready to perish. 10#Add Est 10.6Then they cried out to God, and at their outcry, as though from a tiny spring, there came a great river with abundant water; 11#1 Sam 2.8; Lk 1.52light came, and the sun rose, and the lowly were exalted and devoured those held in honor.
12Mordecai saw in this dream what God had determined to do, and after he awoke he had it on his mind, seeking all day to understand it in every detail.
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