Additions to Esther 1:1-6

1 In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the Great, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei^[a] son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream.

2 He was a Jew living in the city of Susa, a great man, serving in the court of the king.

3 He was one of the captives whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had brought from Jerusalem with King Jeconiah of Judea. And this was his dream:

4 Noises and confusion, thunders and earthquake, tumult on the earth!

5 Then two great dragons came forward, both ready to fight, and they roared terribly.

6 At their roaring every nation prepared for war, to fight against the righteous nation.

Footnotes

• [a]. Gk [Semeios]
• [b]. Or [Voices]