SIL Translator’s Notes on Esther 5:14

5:14b

a gallows…Mordecai hanged on it: See note on 2:23b. The pole, or some kind of structure made of wood, was to be very tall (75 feet or 25 meters) so that everybody would see Mordecai’s dead body.

5:14c

banquet: See note on 1:9.

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