Esther 10:18

Almost. Literally, "almost dead." Greek, "she fell in a fainting fit."

ESTHER 16

CHAPTER XVI.

Gibbets. Aman was thus treated, several months before his ten sons, chap. vii. 10., and ix. 6. Yet all the family might still be seen hanging, when this edict was dispatched. Houbigant suspects that this and the following verses properly belong to the letter written by Esther and Mardochai. The arguments are not very cogent. (Haydock)