Apocrypha
The Rest of Esther
7 chapters, titled "Esther (Greek)" in the source edition
About this book
Passages found in the Greek version of Esther but not in the Hebrew, including prayers, a royal decree and an account of a dream. They give explicit religious content to a narrative that in Hebrew never names God.
Why read this
The book of Esther in the Bible famously never mentions God. These additions show how later readers responded to that silence, which is a revealing thing to see.
Chapters
This book continues the chapter numbering of the book of Esther, so it begins at chapter 10.