Greek Additions to Esther 1

1In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great king, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, saw a dream,

2a Jewish man living in Susa the city, a great man, serving in the court of the king;

3He was from the captivity that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judea.

4And this was his dream: behold, voices and tumult, thunder and earthquake, upheaval upon the earth.

5And behold, two great dragons came forward, both ready to fight; and a great sound came from them,

6And at their cry every nation was made ready for war, so as to fight against the nation of the righteous.

7And behold, a day of darkness and gloom, of affliction and distress, of misery and great turmoil upon the earth.

8And every righteous nation was thrown into turmoil, fearing their own calamities, and they prepared to perish.

9And they cried out to God, and from their cry there came, as it were, a great river from a little spring, abundant water.

10Light and the sun rose, and the lowly were exalted and devoured the glorious.

11And when Mordecai awoke, after seeing this dream and what God had purposed to do, he kept it in his heart, and in every matter he wanted to understand it until nightfall.

12And Mordecai remained in the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king who were guarding the court,

13He listened to their plans and investigated their intentions, and he learned that they were preparing to lay hands on King Artaxerxes. And he informed the king about them.

14And the king examined the two eunuchs, and after they confessed, they were led away.

15And the king wrote these words as a memorial, and Mordecai wrote concerning these words.

16And the king ordered Mordecai to serve in the court, and he gave him gifts on account of these things.

17And Haman son of Hammedatha, the Bougaean, was honored before the king, and he was seeking to harm Mordecai and his people because of the king’s two eunuchs.