translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EST

label: NET study note

text: As much as half the kingdom . Such a statement would no doubt have been understood for the exaggeration that it clearly was. Cf. the similar NT scene recorded in Mark 6:23 , where Herod makes a similar promise to the daughter of Herodias. In that case the request was for the head of John the Baptist, which is a lot less than half the kingdom.


text: According to Esth 9:10 Haman had ten sons.