¹⁹ And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and ^(A)five ^[a]of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the ^[b]scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.

¹⁴ and were close to him, namely, Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media ^(A)who ^[a]had access to the king’s presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom—