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Esther 2

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Afterh310 these thingsh1697, when the wrathh2534 of kingh4428 Ahasuerush325 was appeasedh7918h8800, he rememberedh2142h8804 Vashtih2060, and what she had doneh6213h8804, and what was decreedh1504h8738 against her.

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Then saidh559h8799 the king'sh4428 servantsh5288 that ministeredh8334h8764 unto him, Let there be fairh2896h4758 youngh5291 virginsh1330 soughth1245h8762 for the kingh4428:

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And let the kingh4428 appointh6485h8686 officersh6496 in all the provincesh4082 of his kingdomh4438, that they may gather togetherh6908h8799 all the fairh2896h4758 youngh5291 virginsh1330 unto Shushanh7800 the palaceh1002, to the househ1004 of the womenh802, unto the custodyh3027 of Hegeh1896 the king'sh4428 chamberlainh5631, keeperh8104h8802 of the womenh802; and let their things for purificationh8562 be givenh5414h8800 them : unto the...: Heb. unto the hand
Hege: also called, Hegai

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And let the maidenh5291 which pleasethh3190h8799h5869 the kingh4428 be queenh4427h8799 instead of Vashtih2060. And the thingh1697 pleasedh3190h8799h5869 the kingh4428; and he did soh6213h8799.

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Now in Shushanh7800 the palaceh1002 there was a certainh376 Jewh3064, whose nameh8034 was Mordecaih4782, the sonh1121 of Jairh2971, the sonh1121 of Shimeih8096, the sonh1121 of Kishh7027, a Benjamiteh1145;

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Who had been carried awayh1540h8717 from Jerusalemh3389 with the captivityh1473 which had been carried awayh1540h8717 with Jeconiahh3204 kingh4428 of Judahh3063, whom Nebuchadnezzarh5019 the kingh4428 of Babylonh894 had carried awayh1540h8689. Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin

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And he brought uph539h8802 Hadassahh1919, that is , Estherh635, his uncle'sh1730 daughterh1323: for she had neither fatherh1 nor motherh517, and the maidh5291 was fairh3303h8389 and beautifulh2896h4758; whom Mordecaih4782, when her fatherh1 and motherh517 were deadh4194, tookh3947h8804 for his own daughterh1323. brought...: Heb. nourished
fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance

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So it came to pass, when the king'sh4428 commandmenth1697 and his decreeh1881 was heardh8085h8736, and when manyh7227 maidensh5291 were gathered togetherh6908h8736 unto Shushanh7800 the palaceh1002, to the custodyh3027 of Hegaih1896, that Estherh635 was broughth3947h8735 also unto the king'sh4428 househ1004, to the custodyh3027 of Hegaih1896, keeperh8104h8802 of the womenh802.

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And the maidenh5291 pleasedh3190h8799h5869 him, and she obtainedh5375h8799 kindnessh2617 of himh6440; and he speedilyh926h8762 gaveh5414h8800 her her things for purificationh8562, with such things as belongedh4490 to her, and sevenh7651 maidensh5291, which were meeth7200h8803 to be givenh5414h8800 her, out of the king'sh4428 househ1004: and he preferredh8138h8762 her and her maidsh5291 unto the besth2896 place of the househ1004 of the womenh802. such...: Heb. her portions
preferred: Heb. changed

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Estherh635 had not shewedh5046h8689 her peopleh5971 nor her kindredh4138: for Mordecaih4782 had chargedh6680h8765 her that she should not shewh5046h8686 it .

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And Mordecaih4782 walkedh1980h8693 every dayh3117 beforeh6440 the courth2691 of the women'sh802 househ1004, to knowh3045h8800 how Estherh635 didh7965, and what should becomeh6213h8735 of her. to know...: Heb. to know the peace

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Now when every maid'sh5291 turnh8447 was comeh5060h8687 to go inh935h8800 to kingh4428 Ahasuerush325, afterh7093 that she had been twelveh8147h6240 monthsh2320, according to the mannerh1881 of the womenh802, (for so were the daysh3117 of their purificationsh4795 accomplishedh4390h8799, to wit , sixh8337 monthsh2320 with oilh8081 of myrrhh4753, and sixh8337 monthsh2320 with sweet odoursh1314, and with other things for the purifyingh8562 of the womenh802;)

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Then thus cameh935h8802 every maidenh5291 unto the kingh4428; whatsoever she desiredh559h8799 was givenh5414h8735 her to goh935h8800 with her out of the househ1004 of the womenh802 unto the king'sh4428 househ1004.

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In the eveningh6153 she wenth935h8802, and on the morrowh1242 she returnedh7725h8802 into the secondh8145 househ1004 of the womenh802, to the custodyh3027 of Shaashgazh8190, the king'sh4428 chamberlainh5631, which kepth8104h8802 the concubinesh6370: she came inh935h8799 unto the kingh4428 no more, except the kingh4428 delightedh2654h8804 in her, and that she were calledh7121h8738 by nameh8034.

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Now when the turnh8447 of Estherh635, the daughterh1323 of Abihailh32 the uncleh1730 of Mordecaih4782, who had takenh3947h8804 her for his daughterh1323, was comeh5060h8687 to go inh935h8800 unto the kingh4428, she requiredh1245h8765 nothingh1697 but what Hegaih1896 the king'sh4428 chamberlainh5631, the keeperh8104h8802 of the womenh802, appointedh559h8799. And Estherh635 obtainedh5375h8802 favourh2580 in the sighth5869 of all them that lookedh7200h8802 upon her.

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So Estherh635 was takenh3947h8735 unto kingh4428 Ahasuerush325 into his househ1004 royalh4438 in the tenthh6224 monthh2320, which is the monthh2320 Tebethh2887, in the seventhh7651 yearh8141 of his reignh4438.

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And the kingh4428 lovedh157h8799 Estherh635 above all the womenh802, and she obtainedh5375h8799 graceh2580 and favourh2617 in his sighth6440 more than all the virginsh1330; so that he seth7760h8799 the royalh4438 crownh3804 upon her headh7218, and made her queenh4427h8686 instead of Vashtih2060. favour: or, kindness
in his...: Heb. before him

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Then the kingh4428 madeh6213h8799 a greath1419 feasth4960 unto all his princesh8269 and his servantsh5650, even Esther'sh635 feasth4960; and he madeh6213h8804 a releaseh2010 to the provincesh4082, and gaveh5414h8799 giftsh4864, according to the stateh3027 of the kingh4428. release: Heb. rest

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And when the virginsh1330 were gathered togetherh6908h8736 the second timeh8145, then Mordecaih4782 sath3427h8802 in the king'sh4428 gateh8179.

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Estherh635 had not yet shewedh5046h8688 her kindredh4138 nor her peopleh5971; as Mordecaih4782 had chargedh6680h8765 her: for Estherh635 didh6213h8802 the commandmenth3982 of Mordecaih4782, like as when she was brought uph545 with him.

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In those daysh3117, while Mordecaih4782 sath3427h8802 in the king'sh4428 gateh8179, twoh8147 of the king'sh4428 chamberlainsh5631, Bigthanh904 and Tereshh8657, of those which kepth8104h8802 the doorh5592, were wrothh7107h8804, and soughth1245h8762 to layh7971h8800 handh3027 on the kingh4428 Ahasuerush325. Bigthan: also called, Bigthana
the door: Heb. the threshold

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And the thingh1697 was knownh3045h8735 to Mordecaih4782, who toldh5046h8686 it unto Estherh635 the queenh4436; and Estherh635 certifiedh559h8799 the kingh4428 thereof in Mordecai'sh4782 nameh8034.

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And when inquisitionh1245h8792 was made of the matterh1697, it was found outh4672h8735; therefore they were bothh8147 hangedh8518h8735 on a treeh6086: and it was writtenh3789h8735 in the bookh5612 of the chroniclesh1697h3117 beforeh6440 the kingh4428.



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