The interpretation timeline

Esth 13:3

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 13:3 · Douay-Rheims
“But when I asked my counsellors how this might be accomplished, one that excelled the rest in wisdom and fidelity, and was second after the king, Aman by name,”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“After. Greek, “of all kingdoms as a reward, Aman shewed me,” &c. Josephus, “the second after me, for his fidelity and confirmed good will.” (Calmet) — It is a great hurt for a king to be governed by one counsellor, Proverbs xv. 22. (Worthington)”
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.