This young woman pleased him,<n id="1" /> and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen<n id="2" /> young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.<n id="3" />p>

And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval<n id="1" /> more than all the other young women.<n id="2" /> So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen<n id="3" /> in place of Vashti.