Esther 2:5 meaning and explanation
Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.
Esther 2:5, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator pauses the palace story to introduce Mordecai, a Jewish man living at the citadel of Susa, the Persian royal city. His genealogy traces him to the tribe of Benjamin, and the names Jair, Shimei and Kish echo earlier Benjaminite figures in Israel's history.
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