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2:1 When <0310> these <0428> things <01697> had been accomplished and the rage <02534> of King <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> had diminished <07918>, he remembered <02142> Vashti <02060> and what <0834> she had done <06213> and what <0834> had been decided <01504> against <05921> her. 2:2 The king’s <04428> servants <05288> who attended <08334> him said <0559>, “Let a search <01245> be conducted in the king’s <04428> behalf for attractive <04758> <02896> young women <01330> <05291>. 2:3 And let the king <04428> appoint <06485> officers <06496> throughout all <03605> the provinces <04082> of his kingdom <04438> to gather <06908> all <03605> the attractive <04758> <02896> young women <01330> <05291> to <0413> Susa <07800> the citadel <01002>, to <0413> the harem <0802> <01004> under the authority <03027> of Hegai <01896>, the king’s <04428> eunuch <05631> who oversees <08104> the women <0802>, and let him provide <05414> whatever cosmetics <08562> they desire. 2:4 Let the young woman <05291> whom <0834> the king <04428> finds most attractive <05869> <03190> become queen <04427> in place <08478> of Vashti <02060>.” This seemed like a good <05869> <03190> idea <01697> to the king <04428>, so he acted <06213> accordingly <03651>. 2:5 Now there happened to be <01961> a Jewish <03064> man <0376> in Susa <07800> the citadel <01002> whose name <08034> was Mordecai <04782>. He was the son <01121> of Jair <02971>, the son <01121> of Shimei <08096>, the son <01121> of Kish <07027>, a Benjaminite <01145>, 2:6 who <0834> had been taken into exile <01540> from Jerusalem <03389> with <05973> the captives <01473> who <0834> had been carried into exile <01540> with <05973> Jeconiah <03204> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, whom <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had taken into exile <01540>.

• Est 2:1-18 -- Esther Becomes Queen in Vashti's Place

• Vashti

  [nave] VASHTI, wife of king Ahasuerus. Put away for refusing to exhibit herself at a royal banquet, Esth. 1:9-22; 2:1, 4, 17.
  

• Shushan

  [isbe] SHUSHAN - shoo'-shan (shushan; Sousan, Sousa): 1. Position, Eytmology and Forms of Its Name: This city, the Susu or Susan of the Babylonians, and the native (Elamite) Susun, is the modern Shush (Sus) in Southwestern Persia, ...
  [nave] SHUSHAN 1. Capital of the Medo-Persian empire, Esth. 1:2, 3; 8:15. 2. King's palace at, Neh. 1:1; Esth. 1:2, 5; 2:5, 8; 4:8, 16; 8:14, 15; 9:11, 15.
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• SEMEIAS

  [isbe] SEMEIAS - se-me-i'-as (Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Semeias; Codex Vaticanus Semeeias; the King James Version Semei): An ancestor of Mordecai (Additions to Esther 11:2) = "Shimei" (Est 2:5).
  

• PROVINCE

  [smith] In the Old Testament this word appears in connection with the wars between Ahab and Ben-hadad. (1 Kings 20:14,15,19) The victory of the former is gained chiefly "by the young" probably men of the princes of the provinces ...
  

• Mordecai

  [isbe] MORDECAI - mor'-de-ki, mor-de-ka'-i (mordekhay; Mardochaios): An Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, whose fate it has been to occupy a distinguished place in the annals of his people. His great-grandfather, Kish, had been c...
  [nave] MORDECAI A Jewish captive in Persia, Esth. 2:5, 6. Foster father of Esther, Esth. 2:7. Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life, and is rewarded, Esth. 2:21-23; Esth. 6:1-11. Promoted in Haman's place, Esth. 8:1...
  

• Marriage

  [nave] MARRIAGE In family blood lines, Abraham and Sarah, Gen. 11:29; 12:13; 20:3, 9-16. Isaac and Rebekah, Gen. 24:3, 4, 67; 28:2. Jacob and his wives, Gen. 29:15-30; see below, in the elaborated text. Levirate (the brother requ...
  

• MAID; MAIDEN

  [isbe] MAID; MAIDEN - mad, mad'-'n: Used in the King James Version in the sense of a girl or young female; of an unmarried woman or virgin, and of a female servant or handmaid. Thus, it translates several Hebrew words: (1) The more...
  

• JEW, JEWESS, JEWISH

  [isbe] JEW, JEWESS, JEWISH - ju, joo, ju'-ish, joo'-ish (yehudhi plural yehudhim; Ioudaioi; feminine adjective yehudhith; Ioudaikos): "Jew" denotes originally an inhabitant of Judah (2 Ki 16:6 applies to the two tribes of the South...
  

• JERUSALEM, 1

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 1 - je-roo'-sa-lem: I. THE NAME 1. In Cuneiform 2. In Hebrew 3. In Greek and Latin 4. The Meaning of Jerusalem 5. Other Names II. GEOLOGY, CLIMATE AND SPRINGS 1. Geology 2. Climate and Rainfall 3. The Natural Spri...
  

• HEGE

  [smith] another form of the preceding (Esther 2:3)
  

• HEGAI; HEGE

  [isbe] HEGAI; HEGE - he'-ga-i, he'-ge (heghay; Gai (Est 2:8,15), and heghe', Hege (Est 2:3)): One of the officers of the Persian king Ahasuerus; a chamberlain or eunuch (keeper of women), into whose custody the "fair young virgins"...
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• Eunuch

  [ebd] literally bed-keeper or chamberlain, and not necessarily in all cases one who was mutilated, although the practice of employing such mutilated persons in Oriental courts was common (2 Kings 9:32; Esther 2:3). The law of Mose...
  

• ESTHER, BOOK OF

  [isbe] ESTHER, BOOK OF - 1. The Canonicity of Esther 2. Its Authorship 3. Its Date 4. Its Contents 5. The Greek Additions 6. The Attacks upon the Book 7. Some of the Objections 8. Confirmations of the Book This book completes the h...
  

• Chamberlain

  [ebd] a confidential servant of the king (Gen. 37:36; 39:1). In Rom. 16:23 mention is made of "Erastus the chamberlain." Here the word denotes the treasurer of the city, or the quaestor, as the Romans styled him. He is almost the ...
  [isbe] CHAMBERLAIN - cham'-ber-lin: In the Old Testament the word rendered chamberlain, caric, is more properly "eunuch," an officer which oriental monarchs placed over their harems (Est 1:10,12,15; 2:3,14,21; 4:4 f; 6:2,14; 7:9; 2...
  [nave] CHAMBERLAIN, an officer of a king, 2 Kin. 23:11; Esth. 1:10-15; 2:3-21; 4:4, 5; Acts 12:20; Rom. 16:23.
  

• CUSTODY

  [isbe] CUSTODY - kus'-to-di (yadh, pequddah): In Est 2:3,8 bis. 14, yadh, "the hand," is translated "Custody": pequddah, "numbering," "chanrge"; occurs in Nu 3:36 the Revised Version (British and American) "the appointed charge," m...
  

• CAPTIVITIES OF THE JEWS

  [smith] The present article is confined to the forcible deportation of the Jew; from their native land, and their forcible detention, under the Assyrian or Babylonian kings. Captives of Israel. --The kingdom of Israel was invaded by ...
  

• APPOINT

  [isbe] APPOINT - a-point': This word is used for the expression of a large variety of ideas and the translation of almost as many words. naqabh = "stipulate" (Gen 30:28). paqadh = "put into office" (Gen 41:34; Nu 1:50; Est 2:3); "s...
  

• ABIMELECH

  [smith] (father of the king), the name of several Philistine kings, was probably a common title of these kings, like that of Pharaoh among the Egyptians and that of Caesar and Augustus among the Romans. Hence in the title of (Psalms ...
  

• Esther Becomes Queen

  

• The book of Esther says that Mordecai was a Benjamite in one place and a Jew in others. Which was he?
  In Esther 2:5-6 we are told: 2:5 Now there happened to be a Jewish man in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 2:6 who had been taken into ex...

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