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Esther 2:1-11

2:1

After
<0310>

these things
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when the wrath
<02534>

of king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
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was appeased
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he remembered
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Vashti
<02060>_,

and what she had done
<06213> (8804)_,

and what was decreed
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against her.

2:2

Then said
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the king's
<04428>

servants
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that ministered
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unto him, Let there be fair
<02896> <04758>

young
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virgins
<01330>

sought
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for the king
<04428>_:

2:3

And let the king
<04428>

appoint
<06485> (8686)

officers
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in all the provinces
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of his kingdom
<04438>_,

that they may gather together
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all the fair
<02896> <04758>

young
<05291>

virgins
<01330>

unto Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_,

to the house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>_,

unto the custody
<03027>

of Hege
<01896>

the king's
<04428>

chamberlain
<05631>_,

keeper
<08104> (8802)

of the women
<0802>_;

and let their things for purification
<08562>

be given
<05414> (8800)

[them]: {unto the...: Heb. unto the hand} {Hege: also called, Hegai}

2:4

And let the maiden
<05291>

which pleaseth
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>

be queen
<04427> (8799)

instead of Vashti
<02060>_.

And the thing
<01697>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>_;

and he did so
<06213> (8799)_.

2:5

[Now] in Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>

there was a certain
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Jew
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whose name
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[was] Mordecai
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the son
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of Jair
<02971>_,

the son
<01121>

of Shimei
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the son
<01121>

of Kish
<07027>_,

a Benjamite
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2:6

Who had been carried away
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from Jerusalem
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with the captivity
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which had been carried away
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with Jeconiah
<03204>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

whom Nebuchadnezzar
<05019>

the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

had carried away
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{Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin}

2:7

And he brought up
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Hadassah
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that [is], Esther
<0635>_,

his uncle's
<01730>

daughter
<01323>_:

for she had neither father
<01>

nor mother
<0517>_,

and the maid
<05291>

[was] fair
<03303> <08389>

and beautiful
<02896> <04758>_;

whom Mordecai
<04782>_,

when her father
<01>

and mother
<0517>

were dead
<04194>_,

took
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for his own daughter
<01323>_.

{brought...: Heb. nourished} {fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance}

2:8

So it came to pass, when the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>

and his decree
<01881>

was heard
<08085> (8736)_,

and when many
<07227>

maidens
<05291>

were gathered together
<06908> (8736)

unto Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_,

to the custody
<03027>

of Hegai
<01896>_,

that Esther
<0635>

was brought
<03947> (8735)

also unto the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

to the custody
<03027>

of Hegai
<01896>_,

keeper
<08104> (8802)

of the women
<0802>_.

2:9

And the maiden
<05291>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

him, and she obtained
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kindness
<02617>

of him
<06440>_;

and he speedily
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gave
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her her things for purification
<08562>_,

with such things as belonged
<04490>

to her, and seven
<07651>

maidens
<05291>_,

[which were] meet
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to be given
<05414> (8800)

her, out of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_:

and he preferred
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her and her maids
<05291>

unto the best
<02896>

[place] of the house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>_.

{such...: Heb. her portions} {preferred: Heb. changed}

2:10

Esther
<0635>

had not shewed
<05046> (8689)

her people
<05971>

nor her kindred
<04138>_:

for Mordecai
<04782>

had charged
<06680> (8765)

her that she should not shew
<05046> (8686)

[it].

2:11

And Mordecai
<04782>

walked
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every day
<03117>

before
<06440>

the court
<02691>

of the women's
<0802>

house
<01004>_,

to know
<03045> (8800)

how Esther
<0635>

did
<07965>_,

and what should become
<06213> (8735)

of her. {to know...: Heb. to know the peace}