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Est. 2:1–4 The young men were probably the king’s personal household servants (see 6:3). eunuch. See note on 1:10.
Est. 2:5 Mordecai was descended from King Saul. His great-grandfather, Kish, has the same name as Saul’s father (1 Sam. 9:1–2).
Est. 2:6 Jeconiah, also known as Jehoiachin (1 Chron. 3:16), was the second-to-last king of Judah. He was deported to Babylon in 597 b.c. (2 Kings 24:10–17), which would have been 114 years before the present events. Therefore who had been carried away from Jerusalem must refer to Mordecai’s ancestor Kish, rather than to Mordecai himself (Est. 2:5).
Est. 2:7 Hadassah (“myrtle”) is the Hebrew name of Mordecai’s cousin. Esther (“star”) is her Persian name.
Est. 2:8–9 It is unclear from the word taken whether Esther went willingly. Given the king’s order, she probably had no choice. The seven chosen young women were her personal maids.
Est. 2:10–11 Mordecai’s instruction to Esther not to reveal her people or kindred is the first hint of the prejudice against the Jewish people that will be seen in ch. 3. See note on 3:15.
Est. 2:12–15 myrrh. An expensive perfume obtained from trees native to Africa and southern Asia. Concubines, the king’s mistresses, were housed separately (in the second harem). They had a lower status than his wife or wives. Abihail is the uncle referred to in v. 7.
Est. 2:16 Tebeth, in midwinter, was the tenth month of the Jewish calendar. The seventh year would have been four years after the events of ch. 1 (see 1:3; and chart).
Est. 2:18 Esther’s feast honored her as the new queen (see 1:3, 5, 9). remission of taxes. A customary form of celebration. gifts with royal generosity. Probably food given to the poor, so that all could celebrate (see 9:22; Jer. 40:5).
Est. 2:19–23 Mordecai happens to be in the right place at the right time to serve King Ahasuerus. This is one of many examples of God’s hidden direction of events, though God is never actually mentioned in Esther (see Introduction: Key Themes).
Est. 2:19–21 the second time. Possibly a second gathering of all the virgins (see v. 2) to complete the celebration of Esther’s coronation. the king’s gate. Where the king’s officials dispensed justice (2 Sam. 15:2–6; see Ruth 4:1–11). Mordecai was sitting. Probably as an official, because of Esther’s new influence with the king. the threshold. The door to the king’s private rooms.
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