# "Esther's feast,"

It may be helpful to state that this is the name of the feast. Alternate translation: "he called it, 'Esther's feast,'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# he granted relief from taxation to the provinces

"he collected fewer taxes from the provinces than he had been collecting"

# provinces

A province is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in [Esther 1:1](../01/01.md).

# royal generosity

"generosity that only a king can give"