¹⁰ When ^(A)Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite ^[a]official heard of it, they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel.

³ For Mordecai the Jew was ^(A)second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, ^(B)seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his ^[a]countrymen.