Discovery BoxEsther 2:1-18
After
<0310>
<0310>
these things
<01697>_,
<01697>_,
when the wrath
<02534>
<02534>
of king
<04428>
<04428>
Ahasuerus
<0325>
<0325>
Vashti
<02060>_,
against her.<02060>_,
And let the king
<04428>
<04428>
officers
<06496>
<06496>
in all the provinces
<04082>
<04082>
of his kingdom
<04438>_,
<04438>_,
young
<05291>
<05291>
virgins
<01330>
<01330>
unto Shushan
<07800>
<07800>
the palace
<01002>_,
<01002>_,
to the house
<01004>
<01004>
of the women
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
unto the custody
<03027>
<03027>
of Hege
<01896>
<01896>
the king's
<04428>
<04428>
chamberlain
<05631>_,
<05631>_,
of the women
<0802>_;
<0802>_;
and let their things for purification
<08562>
[them]: {unto the...: Heb. unto the hand} {Hege: also called, Hegai}<08562>
And let the maiden
<05291>
<05291>
the king
<04428>
<04428>
instead of Vashti
<02060>_.
<02060>_.
And the thing
<01697>
<01697>
the king
<04428>_;
<04428>_;
[Now] in Shushan
<07800>
<07800>
the palace
<01002>
<01002>
there was a certain
<0376>
<0376>
Jew
<03064>_,
<03064>_,
whose name
<08034>
<08034>
[was] Mordecai
<04782>_,
<04782>_,
the son
<01121>
<01121>
of Jair
<02971>_,
<02971>_,
the son
<01121>
<01121>
of Shimei
<08096>_,
<08096>_,
the son
<01121>
<01121>
of Kish
<07027>_,
<07027>_,
a Benjamite
<01145>_;
<01145>_;
from Jerusalem
<03389>
<03389>
with the captivity
<01473>
<01473>
with Jeconiah
<03204>
<03204>
king
<04428>
<04428>
of Judah
<03063>_,
<03063>_,
whom Nebuchadnezzar
<05019>
<05019>
the king
<04428>
<04428>
of Babylon
<0894>
{Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin}<0894>
Hadassah
<01919>_,
<01919>_,
that [is], Esther
<0635>_,
<0635>_,
his uncle's
<01730>
<01730>
daughter
<01323>_:
<01323>_:
for she had neither father
<01>
<01>
nor mother
<0517>_,
<0517>_,
and the maid
<05291>
<05291>
whom Mordecai
<04782>_,
<04782>_,
when her father
<01>
<01>
and mother
<0517>
<0517>
were dead
<04194>_,
<04194>_,
for his own daughter
<01323>_.
{brought...: Heb. nourished} {fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance}<01323>_.
So it came to pass, when the king's
<04428>
<04428>
commandment
<01697>
<01697>
and his decree
<01881>
<01881>
and when many
<07227>
<07227>
maidens
<05291>
<05291>
unto Shushan
<07800>
<07800>
the palace
<01002>_,
<01002>_,
to the custody
<03027>
<03027>
of Hegai
<01896>_,
<01896>_,
that Esther
<0635>
<0635>
also unto the king's
<04428>
<04428>
house
<01004>_,
<01004>_,
to the custody
<03027>
<03027>
of Hegai
<01896>_,
<01896>_,
of the women
<0802>_.
<0802>_.
And the maiden
<05291>
<05291>
kindness
<02617>
<02617>
of him
<06440>_;
<06440>_;
her her things for purification
<08562>_,
<08562>_,
with such things as belonged
<04490>
<04490>
to her, and seven
<07651>
<07651>
maidens
<05291>_,
<05291>_,
her, out of the king's
<04428>
<04428>
house
<01004>_:
<01004>_:
her and her maids
<05291>
<05291>
unto the best
<02896>
<02896>
[place] of the house
<01004>
<01004>
of the women
<0802>_.
{such...: Heb. her portions} {preferred: Heb. changed}<0802>_.
And Mordecai
<04782>
<04782>
every day
<03117>
<03117>
before
<06440>
<06440>
the court
<02691>
<02691>
of the women's
<0802>
<0802>
house
<01004>_,
<01004>_,
how Esther
<0635>
<0635>
did
<07965>_,
of her. {to know...: Heb. to know the peace}<07965>_,
Now when every maid's
<05291>
<05291>
turn
<08447>
<08447>
to king
<04428>
<04428>
Ahasuerus
<0325>_,
<0325>_,
after
<07093>
<07093>
months
<02320>_,
<02320>_,
according to the manner
<01881>
<01881>
of the women
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
(for so were the days
<03117>
<03117>
of their purifications
<04795>
<04795>
[to wit], six
<08337>
<08337>
months
<02320>
<02320>
with oil
<08081>
<08081>
of myrrh
<04753>_,
<04753>_,
and six
<08337>
<08337>
months
<02320>
<02320>
with sweet odours
<01314>_,
<01314>_,
and with [other] things for the purifying
<08562>
<08562>
of the women
<0802>;)
<0802>;)
[every] maiden
<05291>
<05291>
unto the king
<04428>_;
<04428>_;
with her out of the house
<01004>
<01004>
of the women
<0802>
<0802>
unto the king's
<04428>
<04428>
house
<01004>_.
<01004>_.
In the evening
<06153>
<06153>
and on the morrow
<01242>
<01242>
into the second
<08145>
<08145>
house
<01004>
<01004>
of the women
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
to the custody
<03027>
<03027>
of Shaashgaz
<08190>_,
<08190>_,
the king's
<04428>
<04428>
chamberlain
<05631>_,
<05631>_,
the concubines
<06370>_:
<06370>_:
unto the king
<04428>
<04428>
no more, except the king
<04428>
<04428>
by name
<08034>_.
<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
<01323>_,
<01323>_,
unto the king
<04428>_,
<04428>_,
nothing
<01697>
<01697>
but what Hegai
<01896>
<01896>
the king's
<04428>
<04428>
chamberlain
<05631>_,
<05631>_,
of the women
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
And Esther
<0635>
<0635>
favour
<02580>
<02580>
in the sight
<05869>
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
<06224>
<06224>
month
<02320>_,
<02320>_,
which [is] the month
<02320>
<02320>
Tebeth
<02887>_,
<02887>_,
in the seventh
<07651>
<07651>
year
<08141>
<08141>
of his reign
<04438>_.
<04438>_.
And the king
<04428>
<04428>
Esther
<0635>
<0635>
above all the women
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
grace
<02580>
<02580>
and favour
<02617>
<02617>
in his sight
<06440>
<06440>
more than all the virgins
<01330>_;
<01330>_;
the royal
<04438>
<04438>
crown
<03804>
<03804>
upon her head
<07218>_,
<07218>_,
instead of Vashti
<02060>_.
{favour: or, kindness} {in his...: Heb. before him}<02060>_.
