Talmai — Addition C 1: Mordecai invokes the Lord as king over all, sole and unopposed.
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Canonical: https://talmai.wrootpress.com/unit/esth-plus-04.17-01/
Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.4.1a-30a

GREEK: καὶ ἐδεήθη Κυρίου, μνημονεύων πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν· Κύριε, κύριε βασιλεῦ, πάντων κρατῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ σου τὸ πᾶν ἐστιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀντιδοξῶν σοι ἐν τῷ θέλειν σε σῶσαι τὸν Ἰσραήλ·
ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): And he besought the Lord, remembering all the works of the Lord, and said: O Lord, Lord, king who holds all things in your power, for the whole world is in your dominion, and there is no one to oppose you when you wish to save Israel;

PARALLELS:
- [Motif] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1057:1 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. Ahasuerus objects that Israel cannot be destroyed because 'אין אנו יכולים שאין אלקיהם עוזבם כל עיקר' — the enemy conceding the plus's claim that none can oppose God when he wills to save Israel; not MT material.
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 15a:9:1 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. Rashi asks precisely what Mordecai said in his bitter cry (MT 4:1) -- the exact narrative gap Addition C's prayer fills.
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 15a:9:4 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. The euphemistic content given to Mordecai's cry -- 'the upper King has been overcome' -- matches Addition C's insistence God alone is king, unopposed.
- [Flagged] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 4:3 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. The witness supplies Mordecai with an actual spoken prayer, with ashes on his head, addressed to the patriarchs and God -- filling exactly the gap MT leaves at 4:1 (a bare 'loud and bitter cry') the same way Addition C supplies Mordecai's prayer content there.
- [Motif] Megillah 16a:6 (Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. Mordecai wrapping himself and standing to pray is a genuine extra-MT prayer scene for Mordecai, matching the very innovation the plus supplies (MT never shows Mordecai praying).
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 11a:6:1 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'The enemy of the Holy One became poor, as one unable to save' is the exact negation of Addition C's opening claim that none can oppose the Lord when he wishes to save Israel.
- [Motif] Targum Sheni on Esther 3:3:3 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. Mordecai's confession, 'the living and enduring God, who is one in heaven,' is the specific sole-and-unopposed sovereignty Addition C invokes at the head of Mordecai's prayer.
- [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 6:6 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. Mordecai's own prayer ('Master of the world, you wrote in your Torah... where are your former mercies, Lord, which you swore to David') supplies him with an actual invocation of the Lord recalling his works and promises -- the same act of prayer Addition C stages at exactly this point ('he besought the Lord, remembering all the works of the Lord').