Ester 2:16-17
Konteks2:16 Then Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus at his royal residence in the tenth 1 month (that is, the month of Tebeth) in the seventh 2 year of his reign. 2:17 And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval 3 more than all the other young women. 4 So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen 5 in place of Vashti.
[2:16] 1 tc The Greek
[2:16] 2 tc The Syriac Peshitta reads “fourth” here.
[2:17] 3 tn Heb “grace and loyal love.” The expression is probably a hendiadys.
[2:17] 4 tc The LXX does not include the words “more than all the other young women.”