Esther 2:3-4

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.]