Esther 2:11-12

2:11 And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing ¹  and what might happen to her.

2:12 At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, ²  when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus – for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women –

¹ tn Heb “to know the peace of Esther.”

² tc The LXX does not include the words “that were required for the women.”