Talmai — Addition E 4: Trusted officials' persuasion has made many share in innocent bloodshed.
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Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.8.1a-24a

GREEK: πολλάκις δὲ καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν ἐπʼ ἐξουσίαις τεταγμένων τῶν πιστευθέντων χειρίζειν φίλων τὰ πράγματα παραμυθία μετόχους αἱμάτων ἀθῴων καταστήσασα περιέβαλε συμφοραῖς ἀνηκέστοις,
ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): And often, too, the persuasion of friends entrusted with managing affairs, men set in positions of authority, has made many partners in innocent blood and wrapped them in irreparable disasters,

PARALLELS:
- [Flagged] Esther Rabbah 7:13 (Esther Rabbah) — conduit: lost intermediary. 'מיד קבלו דבריו והסכימה דעתם לכלות את ישראל וכתבו אגרות וחתמו' (the sages are persuaded and become signatories) matches Addition E's specific claim that persuasion by trusted advisors 'made many partners in innocent blood' — the same non-MT scene of counselors implicated.
- [Verbatim] Tosefet le-Esther, צו המלך השני (Tosefet le-Esther (he.wikisource editorial page: Additions to Esther in Hebrew)) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'מסיתים אזנים השומעות הפשוטות מהמלכים בתרמית' renders Addition E's complaint of trusted officials implicating rulers in innocent blood, not in MT.
- [Verbatim] Targum Sheni on Esther 8:13:1 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. Targum Sheni 8:13 reproduces Addition E clause by clause in the Greek's order (review §3); verbatim under the written standard.
- [Flagged] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 2:1 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. The seven advisers who counseled Vashti's death are themselves destroyed for that counsel -- the specific mechanism of trusted counselors making the king 'partners in innocent blood' that opens Addition E.
- [Motif] Aramaic Targum to Esther 2:1 (Aramaic Targum to Esther (Targum Rishon)) — conduit: Aramaic. The king's protest that his seven ministers' bad counsel led him to shed innocent blood, for which they are later crucified, is the specific scenario the plus's maxim about officials implicating rulers in innocent bloodshed describes; not in MT.
- [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 1:17 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. Memucan, one of the seven who see the king's face, gives the very counsel by which Vashti is destroyed -- matching Addition E's specific charge that 'the persuasion of friends entrusted with managing affairs... has made many partners in innocent blood.'
- [Motif] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1051:5 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. The king's belated regret over Vashti's death and blame on his seven princes matches the plus's counselors whose persuasion made the ruler a partner in innocent blood; MT never states Vashti was killed, so the regret motif is a genuine addition.
- [Motif] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1050:1 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. The sages refuse to judge Vashti for fear the king will later regret it and blame them — a specific self-protective calculation by royal counselors matching the plus's advisers who become partners in innocent blood; not MT material.
- [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Abba Guryon 2:1 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Abba Guryon) — conduit: lost intermediary. Both independently exculpate the king and place the blood on his advisers: Addition E's 'the persuasion of friends... made many partners in innocent blood' matches the midrash's named, executed 'seven princes of Persia and Media' blamed for Vashti's death, with no MT basis for either.