Discovery BoxEsther 2:5-11
[Now] in Shushan
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the palace
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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
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the son
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<01121>
of Shimei
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<08096>_,
the son
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of Kish
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a Benjamite
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from Jerusalem
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with the captivity
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with Jeconiah
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king
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of Judah
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whom Nebuchadnezzar
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<05019>
the king
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of Babylon
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{Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin}<0894>
Hadassah
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that [is], Esther
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his uncle's
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daughter
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for she had neither father
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<01>
nor mother
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and the maid
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whom Mordecai
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when her father
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<01>
and mother
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were dead
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for his own daughter
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{brought...: Heb. nourished} {fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance}<01323>_.
So it came to pass, when the king's
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commandment
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and his decree
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and when many
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maidens
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unto Shushan
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the palace
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to the custody
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of Hegai
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that Esther
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<0635>
also unto the king's
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<04428>
house
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to the custody
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of Hegai
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of the women
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<0802>_.
And the maiden
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kindness
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of him
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her her things for purification
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with such things as belonged
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<04490>
to her, and seven
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<07651>
maidens
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her, out of the king's
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<04428>
house
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<01004>_:
her and her maids
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<05291>
unto the best
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<02896>
[place] of the house
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<01004>
of the women
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{such...: Heb. her portions} {preferred: Heb. changed}<0802>_.
