Esther 2:20
Hebrew Bible
18 Then the king prepared a large banquet for all his officials and his servants—it was actually Esther’s banquet. He also set aside a holiday for the provinces, and he provided for offerings at the king’s expense. 19 Now when the young women were being gathered again, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. 20 Esther was still not divulging her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her. Esther continued to do whatever Mordecai said, just as she had done when he was raising her. 21 In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who protected the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.
Date: 2nd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Esther 2:20
Septuagint
17 And the king loved Esther, and she found favor more than all the other virgins, and he placed the queen’s crown upon her. 18 Then the king held a drinking party for all his friends and for those with influence; for seven days he celebrated his marriage to Esther and granted rest to those under his reign. 19 Now Mordecai was attending in the courtyard. 20 And Esther had not revealed her country, for Mordecai had commanded her to fear God and to keep his commandments, as when she was with him, and Esther did not change her way of life.
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... The LXX translation of 2:20 includes the following short addition to the Masoretic text in Mordecai’s instructions to Esther, ‘to fear God and to keep his commands ... So Esther did not change her way of life’. This instruction runs parallel to Esther’s prayer in C 14–30 ..."
Tov, Emanuel
The LXX translation of Esther: A Paraphrastic Translation of MT or a Free Translation of a Rewritten Version?
(pp. 507-526) Brill, 2008
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