George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“When. Greek, “for he heard their deliberations.” — Told, by the mouth of Esther, chap. ii. 21. (Haydock)”
The interpretation timeline
Esth 12:2
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Esth 12:2 · Douay-Rheims
“And when he understood their designs, and had diligently searched into their projects, he learned that they went about to lay violent hands on king Artaxerxes, and he told the king thereof.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.