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Esth 15:1

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 15:1 · Douay-Rheims
“And he commanded her (no doubt but he was Mardochai) to go to the king, and petition for her people, and for her country.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“St. Jerome says, “These additions I also found in the Vulgate edition.” (Haydock) — This history is more succinctly related, chap. v. (Calmet) — Her. Literally, “And he commanded her (no doubt Mardochai did Esther) to go,” &c. The parenthesis was added by St. Jerome. (Haydock)”
Source
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.