Ester 7:9

7:9 Harbona, ¹  one of the king’s eunuchs, said, “Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king’s behalf. It stands near Haman’s home and is seventy-five feet ²  high.”

The king said, “Hang him on it!”

Ester 9:29

9:29 So Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority to confirm this second ³  letter about Purim.

[7:9]  ¹ sn Cf. 1:10, where Harbona is one of the seven eunuchs sent by the king to summon Queen Vashti to his banquet.

[7:9]  ² tn Heb “fifty cubits.” See the note on this expression in Esth 5:14.

[9:29]  ³ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta omit the word “second.”