Adam Clarke, on Esth 2:10

“And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:”

“Esther had not showed her people - This might have prejudiced her with the king; for it was certainly no credit at the Persian court to be a Jew; and we shall find from the sequel that those who were in the Persian dominions were far from being reputable, or in a safe state. Besides, had her lineage been known, envy might have prevented her from ever having access to the king.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.