7:8a

couch: See note on 1:6c.

7:8b

Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?: This is a rhetorical question. The Display shows one way of expressing this as a statement.

7:8c

they covered Haman’s face: Most scholars think that this action showed that Haman was condemned to death. You will need to find some way of making this clear to your readers. The Display shows one way of doing this. However, if you are using footnotes in your translation, it would be better to put this information in a footnote.

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