John Trapp on Esther 2:5

Verſe 5. Now in Shuſhan the palace] Not in Babylon, as Joſephus doateth.

There was a certaine Jew] That had not returned to Jeruſalem, as he ought to have done; and as another of his name did, Ezra. 2.2.

Whoſe name was Merdccai] That is, Pure Myrre, ſay ſome; bitter contrition, ſay others; he is the ſon of contrition, that muſt be the ſon of conſolation. This Mordecai was one of thoſe few that both lived and died with glory; being not taxed for any groſſe ſinne.

The ſonne of Jair] Happy father in ſuch a ſonne: much more joy might he well be to his parents, then Epamiuondas was to his: and of him it might be ſung, [non-Latin text not transcribed].Homer.

The ſonne of Shimei, the ſonne of Kiſh a Benjamite] He deſcended then either from ſome other ſonne of Kiſh the father of Saul; or eſſe from Jonathan Sauls ſonne: for he only, of all the ſonnes of Saul, left iſſue behind him. But the Kiſh here mentioned, though of his line, lived many years after Sauls father.