Ester 2:16-17

2:16 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 MSS Codex Alexandrinus (A) and Codex Vaticanus (B) read “twelfth” here.

[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.”

[2:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “caused her to rule.”