Discovery BoxEsther 2:12-20
Now when every maid's
<05291>
<05291>
turn
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<08447>
to king
<04428>
<04428>
Ahasuerus
<0325>_,
<0325>_,
after
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<07093>
months
<02320>_,
<02320>_,
according to the manner
<01881>
<01881>
of the women
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
(for so were the days
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<03117>
of their purifications
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<04795>
[to wit], six
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<08337>
months
<02320>
<02320>
with oil
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<08081>
of myrrh
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<04753>_,
and six
<08337>
<08337>
months
<02320>
<02320>
with sweet odours
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<01314>_,
and with [other] things for the purifying
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<08562>
of the women
<0802>;)
<0802>;)
[every] maiden
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<05291>
unto the king
<04428>_;
<04428>_;
with her out of the house
<01004>
<01004>
of the women
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<0802>
unto the king's
<04428>
<04428>
house
<01004>_.
<01004>_.
In the evening
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<06153>
and on the morrow
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<01242>
into the second
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<08145>
house
<01004>
<01004>
of the women
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
to the custody
<03027>
<03027>
of Shaashgaz
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<08190>_,
the king's
<04428>
<04428>
chamberlain
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<05631>_,
the concubines
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<06370>_:
unto the king
<04428>
<04428>
no more, except the king
<04428>
<04428>
by name
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<08034>_.
Now when the turn
<08447>
<08447>
of Esther
<0635>_,
<0635>_,
the daughter
<01323>
<01323>
of Abihail
<032>
<032>
the uncle
<01730>
<01730>
of Mordecai
<04782>_,
<04782>_,
her for his daughter
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<01323>_,
unto the king
<04428>_,
<04428>_,
nothing
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<01697>
but what Hegai
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<01896>
the king's
<04428>
<04428>
chamberlain
<05631>_,
<05631>_,
of the women
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
And Esther
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<0635>
favour
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<02580>
in the sight
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upon her.<05869>
So Esther
<0635>
<0635>
unto king
<04428>
<04428>
Ahasuerus
<0325>
<0325>
into his house
<01004>
<01004>
royal
<04438>
<04438>
in the tenth
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<06224>
month
<02320>_,
<02320>_,
which [is] the month
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<02320>
Tebeth
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<02887>_,
in the seventh
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<07651>
year
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<08141>
of his reign
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<04438>_.
And the king
<04428>
<04428>
Esther
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<0635>
above all the women
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<0802>_,
grace
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<02580>
and favour
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<02617>
in his sight
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<06440>
more than all the virgins
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<01330>_;
the royal
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<04438>
crown
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<03804>
upon her head
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<07218>_,
instead of Vashti
<02060>_.
{favour: or, kindness} {in his...: Heb. before him}<02060>_.
Then the king
<04428>
<04428>
a great
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<01419>
feast
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<04960>
unto all his princes
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<08269>
and his servants
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<05650>_,
[even] Esther's
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<0635>
feast
<04960>_;
<04960>_;
a release
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<02010>
to the provinces
<04082>_,
<04082>_,
gifts
<04864>_,
<04864>_,
according to the state
<03027>
<03027>
of the king
<04428>_.
{release: Heb. rest}<04428>_.
