# the king's scribes were called "the king called his scribes." # the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month "Sivan" is the name of the third month of the Hebrew calendar. The twenty-third day is near the middle of June on Western calendars. # A decree was written "They wrote a decree" # provinces A province is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in in Esther 1:1. # written in their own writing "written in their own script."