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CHAP. II.
1 Out of the choise of virgines, a Queene is to be chosen. 5 Mordecai the nursing father of Esther. 8 Esther is preferred by Hegai before the rest. 12 The maner of purification, & going in to the king. 15 Esther best pleasing the king, is made Queene. 21 Mordecai discouering a treason, is recorded in the Chronicles.
3 And let the king appoint officers in all the prouinces of his kingdome, that they may gather together all the faire yong virgins vnto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women vnto the custodie of Hege the kings chamberlaine, keeper of the women, and let their things for purification bee giuen them:3
6 Who had bene caried away from Ierusalem, with the captiuitie which had bene caried away with Ieconiah king of Iudah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had caried away.6
7 And hee brought vp Hadassah (that is Esther) his vncles daughter, for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was faire and beautiful, whom Mordecai (when her father and mother were dead) tooke for his owne daughter.7
9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindnesse of him, and hee speedily gaue her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seuen maidens, which were meet to be giuen her, out of the Kings house, and hee preferred her and her maids, vnto the best place of the house of the women.9
11 And Mordecai walked euery day before the court of the womens house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.11
17 And the king loued Esther aboue all the women, and she obtained grace and fauour in his sight, more then all the virgins; so that hee set the royall crowne vpon her head, and made her queene, in stead of Uasthi.17
18 Then the king made a great feast vnto all his princes and his seruants, euen Esthers feast, and hee made a release to the prouinces, and gaue gifts, according to the state of the king.18
19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sate in the kings gate.
21 ¶ In those dayes, (while Mordecai sate in the kings gate) two of the kings chamberlens, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the doore, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus:21
Esther Chapter 2 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
3 Heb. vnto the hand. , Or, Hegai, ver.8.
6 2.King.24 15. ier.24.1 and 2.chro. 36.10.
7 Heb. nourished. , Heb. faire of fourme, and good of countenance.
9 Heb. her portions. , Hebr. hee changed her.
11 Heb. to know the peace.
17 Or kindnesse. , Heb. before him.
18 Heb. rest.
21 Or, Bigthana. chap. 6.2. , Heb. the threshold.
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