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[1]AfterH310 these thingsH1697, when the wrathH2534 of kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 was appeasedH7918[H8800], he rememberedH2142[H8804] VashtiH2060, and what she had doneH6213[H8804], and what was decreedH1504 against herH8738.
[2]Then saidH559[H8799] the king'sH4428 servantsH5288 that ministeredH8334[H8764] unto him, Let there be fairH2896[H4758] youngH5291 virginsH1330 soughtH1245[H8762] for the kingH4428:
[3]And let the kingH4428 appointH6485[H8686] officersH6496 in all the provincesH4082 of his kingdomH4438, that they may gather togetherH6908[H8799] all the fairH2896[H4758] youngH5291 virginsH1330 unto ShushanH7800 the palaceH1002, to the houseH1004 of the womenH802, unto the custodyH3027 of HegeH1896 the king'sH4428 chamberlainH5631, keeperH8104[H8802] of the womenH802; and let their things for purificationH8562 be givenH5414 themH8800:
[4]And let the maidenH5291 which pleasethH3190[H8799][H5869] the kingH4428 be queenH4427[H8799] instead of VashtiH2060. And the thingH1697 pleasedH3190[H8799][H5869] the kingH4428; and he did soH6213.[H8799]
[5]Now in ShushanH7800 the palaceH1002 there was a certainH376 JewH3064, whose nameH8034 was MordecaiH4782, the sonH1121 of JairH2971, the sonH1121 of ShimeiH8096, the sonH1121 of KishH7027, a BenjamiteH1145;
[6]Who had been carried awayH1540[H8717] from JerusalemH3389 with the captivityH1473 which had been carried awayH1540[H8717] with JeconiahH3204 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, whom NebuchadnezzarH5019 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 had carried awayH1540.[H8689]
[7]And he brought upH539[H8802] HadassahH1919, that is, EstherH635, his uncle'sH1730 daughterH1323: for she had neither fatherH1 nor motherH517, and the maidH5291 was fairH3303[H8389] and beautifulH2896[H4758]; whom MordecaiH4782, when her fatherH1 and motherH517 were deadH4194, tookH3947[H8804] for his own daughterH1323.
[8]So it came to pass, when the king'sH4428 commandmentH1697 and his decreeH1881 was heardH8085[H8736], and when manyH7227 maidensH5291 were gathered togetherH6908[H8736] unto ShushanH7800 the palaceH1002, to the custodyH3027 of HegaiH1896, that EstherH635 was broughtH3947[H8735] also unto the king'sH4428 houseH1004, to the custodyH3027 of HegaiH1896, keeperH8104[H8802] of the womenH802.
[9]And the maidenH5291 pleasedH3190[H8799][H5869] him, and she obtainedH5375[H8799] kindnessH2617 of himH6440; and he speedilyH926[H8762] gaveH5414[H8800] her her things for purificationH8562, with such things as belongedH4490 to her, and sevenH7651 maidensH5291, which were meetH7200[H8803] to be givenH5414[H8800] her, out of the king'sH4428 houseH1004: and he preferredH8138[H8762] her and her maidsH5291 unto the bestH2896 place of the houseH1004 of the womenH802.
[10]EstherH635 had not shewedH5046[H8689] her peopleH5971 nor her kindredH4138: for MordecaiH4782 had chargedH6680[H8765] her that she should not shewH5046 itH8686.
[11]And MordecaiH4782 walkedH1980[H8693] every dayH3117 beforeH6440 the courtH2691 of the women'sH802 houseH1004, to knowH3045[H8800] how EstherH635 didH7965, and what should becomeH6213 of herH8735.
[12]Now when every maid'sH5291 turnH8447 was comeH5060[H8687] to go inH935[H8800] to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325, afterH7093 that she had been twelveH8147[H6240] monthsH2320, according to the mannerH1881 of the womenH802, (for so were the daysH3117 of their purificationsH4795 accomplishedH4390[H8799], to wit, sixH8337 monthsH2320 with oilH8081 of myrrhH4753, and sixH8337 monthsH2320 with sweet odoursH1314, and with other things for the purifyingH8562 of the womenH802;)
[13]Then thus cameH935[H8802] every maidenH5291 unto the kingH4428; whatsoever she desiredH559[H8799] was givenH5414[H8735] her to goH935[H8800] with her out of the houseH1004 of the womenH802 unto the king'sH4428 houseH1004.
[14]In the eveningH6153 she wentH935[H8802], and on the morrowH1242 she returnedH7725[H8802] into the secondH8145 houseH1004 of the womenH802, to the custodyH3027 of ShaashgazH8190, the king'sH4428 chamberlainH5631, which keptH8104[H8802] the concubinesH6370: she came inH935[H8799] unto the kingH4428 no more, except the kingH4428 delightedH2654[H8804] in her, and that she were calledH7121[H8738] by nameH8034.
[15]Now when the turnH8447 of EstherH635, the daughterH1323 of AbihailH32 the uncleH1730 of MordecaiH4782, who had takenH3947[H8804] her for his daughterH1323, was comeH5060[H8687] to go inH935[H8800] unto the kingH4428, she requiredH1245[H8765] nothingH1697 but what HegaiH1896 the king'sH4428 chamberlainH5631, the keeperH8104[H8802] of the womenH802, appointedH559[H8799]. And EstherH635 obtainedH5375[H8802] favourH2580 in the sightH5869 of all them that lookedH7200 upon herH8802.
[16]So EstherH635 was takenH3947[H8735] unto kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 into his houseH1004 royalH4438 in the tenthH6224 monthH2320, which is the monthH2320 TebethH2887, in the seventhH7651 yearH8141 of his reignH4438.
[17]And the kingH4428 lovedH157[H8799] EstherH635 above all the womenH802, and she obtainedH5375[H8799] graceH2580 and favourH2617 in his sightH6440 more than all the virginsH1330; so that he setH7760[H8799] the royalH4438 crownH3804 upon her headH7218, and made her queenH4427[H8686] instead of VashtiH2060.
[18]Then the kingH4428 madeH6213[H8799] a greatH1419 feastH4960 unto all his princesH8269 and his servantsH5650, even Esther'sH635 feastH4960; and he madeH6213[H8804] a releaseH2010 to the provincesH4082, and gaveH5414[H8799] giftsH4864, according to the stateH3027 of the kingH4428.
[19]And when the virginsH1330 were gathered togetherH6908[H8736] the second timeH8145, then MordecaiH4782 satH3427[H8802] in the king'sH4428 gateH8179.
[20]EstherH635 had not yet shewedH5046[H8688] her kindredH4138 nor her peopleH5971; as MordecaiH4782 had chargedH6680[H8765] her: for EstherH635 didH6213[H8802] the commandmentH3982 of MordecaiH4782, like as when she was brought up with himH545.
[21]In those daysH3117, while MordecaiH4782 satH3427[H8802] in the king'sH4428 gateH8179, twoH8147 of the king'sH4428 chamberlainsH5631, BigthanH904 and TereshH8657, of those which keptH8104[H8802] the doorH5592, were wrothH7107[H8804], and soughtH1245[H8762] to layH7971[H8800] handH3027 on the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325.
[22]And the thingH1697 was knownH3045[H8735] to MordecaiH4782, who toldH5046[H8686] it unto EstherH635 the queenH4436; and EstherH635 certifiedH559[H8799] the kingH4428 thereof in Mordecai'sH4782 nameH8034.
[23]And when inquisitionH1245[H8792] was made of the matterH1697, it was found outH4672[H8735]; therefore they were bothH8147 hangedH8518[H8735] on a treeH6086: and it was writtenH3789[H8735] in the bookH5612 of the chroniclesH1697[H3117] beforeH6440 the kingH4428.
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