Esther 2:1-10

2:1

remembered <02142> [A.M. 3543. B.C. 461. he remembered.]

decided <01504> [what was decreed.]

2:2

king's servants ............. king's <05288 04428> [king's servants.]

attractive <02896> [Let there be.]

2:3

provinces <04082> [in all the provinces.]

gather <06908> [that they may gather.]

This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.

authority <03027> [the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.]

[Hegai. the king's chamberlain.]

{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

cosmetics <08562> [their things.]

2:4

young woman <05291> [let the maiden.]

idea <01697> [the thing.]

2:5

Susa <07800> [Shushan.]

Jewish man <03064 0376> [a certain Jew.]

son ..... son ... Shimei ... son <01121 08096> [the son of Shimei.]

2:6

Jeconiah <03204> [Jeconiah.]

[Jeboiachin.]

[Coniah.]

2:7

guardian <0539> [brought up. Heb. nourished.]

Hadassah <01919> [Hadassah.]

uncle <01730> [his uncle's.]

beautiful <02896 03303> [fair and beautiful. Heb. fair of form and good of countenance.]

raised <03947> [took.]

2:8

Hegai ................ Hegai <01896> [Hegai.]

One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., instead of Hegai has Heg‚, as in ver. 3.

2:9

found <05375> [she obtained.]

cosmetics <08562> [her her things.]

rations <04490> [such things. Heb. her portions. preferred her. Heb. changed her.]

2:10

disclosed <05046> [had not shewed.]

Mordecai <04782> [for Mordecai.]