¹⁰ When ^(A)Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite ^[a]official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.

³ For Mordecai the Jew was ^(A)second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, ^(B)one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation.