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Esther 2 (WEBP)

[1] After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
[2] Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.
[3] Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;
[4] and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
[5] There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
[6] who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
[7] He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
[8] So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
[9] The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king’s house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women’s house.
[10] Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
[11] Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women’s house, to find out how Esther was doing, and what would become of her.
[12] Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).
[13] The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women’s house to the king’s house.
[14] In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women’s house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.
[15] Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
[16] So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
[17] The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
[18] Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.
[19] When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
[20] Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.
[21] In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
[22] This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.
[23] When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Esther 2 (KJVS)

[1] After H310 these things H1697, when the wrath H2534 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was appeased H7918 (8800), he remembered H2142 (8804) Vashti H2060, and what she had done H6213 (8804), and what was decreed H1504 (8738) against her.
[2] Then said H559 (8799) the king’s H4428 servants H5288 that ministered H8334 (8764) unto him, Let there be fair H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgins H1330 sought H1245 (8762) for the king H4428:
[3] And let the king H4428 appoint H6485 (8686) officers H6496 in all the provinces H4082 of his kingdom H4438, that they may gather together H6908 (8799) all the fair H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgins H1330 unto Shushan H7800 the palace H1002, to the house H1004 of the women H802, unto the custody H3027 of Hege H1896 the king’s H4428 chamberlain H5631, keeper H8104 (8802) of the women H802; and let their things for purification H8562 be given H5414 (8800) [them]:
[4] And let the maiden H5291 which pleaseth H3190 (8799) H5869 the king H4428 be queen H4427 (8799) instead of Vashti H2060. And the thing H1697 pleased H3190 (8799) H5869 the king H4428; and he did so H6213 (8799).
[5] [Now] in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 there was a certain H376 Jew H3064, whose name H8034 [was] Mordecai H4782, the son H1121 of Jair H2971, the son H1121 of Shimei H8096, the son H1121 of Kish H7027, a Benjamite H1145;
[6] Who had been carried away H1540 (8717) from Jerusalem H3389 with the captivity H1473 which had been carried away H1540 (8717) with Jeconiah H3204 king H4428 of Judah H3063, whom Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had carried away H1540 (8689).
[7] And he brought up H539 (8802) Hadassah H1919, that [is], Esther H635, his uncle’s H1730 daughter H1323: for she had neither father H1 nor mother H517, and the maid H5291 [was] fair H3303 H8389 and beautiful H2896 H4758; whom Mordecai H4782, when her father H1 and mother H517 were dead H4194, took H3947 (8804) for his own daughter H1323.
[8] So it came to pass, when the king’s H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 was heard H8085 (8736), and when many H7227 maidens H5291 were gathered together H6908 (8736) unto Shushan H7800 the palace H1002, to the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, that Esther H635 was brought H3947 (8735) also unto the king’s H4428 house H1004, to the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, keeper H8104 (8802) of the women H802.
[9] And the maiden H5291 pleased H3190 (8799) H5869 him, and she obtained H5375 (8799) kindness H2617 of him H6440; and he speedily H926 (8762) gave H5414 (8800) her her things for purification H8562, with such things as belonged H4490 to her, and seven H7651 maidens H5291, [which were] meet H7200 (8803) to be given H5414 (8800) her, out of the king’s H4428 house H1004: and he preferred H8138 (8762) her and her maids H5291 unto the best H2896 [place] of the house H1004 of the women H802.
[10] Esther H635 had not shewed H5046 (8689) her people H5971 nor her kindred H4138: for Mordecai H4782 had charged H6680 (8765) her that she should not shew H5046 (8686) [it].
[11] And Mordecai H4782 walked H1980 (8693) every day H3117 before H6440 the court H2691 of the women’s H802 house H1004, to know H3045 (8800) how Esther H635 did H7965, and what should become H6213 (8735) of her.
[12] Now when every maid’s H5291 turn H8447 was come H5060 (8687) to go in H935 (8800) to king H4428 Ahasuerus H325, after H7093 that she had been twelve H8147 H6240 months H2320, according to the manner H1881 of the women H802, (for so were the days H3117 of their purifications H4795 accomplished H4390 (8799), [to wit], six H8337 months H2320 with oil H8081 of myrrh H4753, and six H8337 months H2320 with sweet odours H1314, and with [other] things for the purifying H8562 of the women H802;)
[13] Then thus came H935 (8802) [every] maiden H5291 unto the king H4428; whatsoever she desired H559 (8799) was given H5414 (8735) her to go H935 (8800) with her out of the house H1004 of the women H802 unto the king’s H4428 house H1004.
[14] In the evening H6153 she went H935 (8802), and on the morrow H1242 she returned H7725 (8802) into the second H8145 house H1004 of the women H802, to the custody H3027 of Shaashgaz H8190, the king’s H4428 chamberlain H5631, which kept H8104 (8802) the concubines H6370: she came in H935 (8799) unto the king H4428 no more, except the king H4428 delighted H2654 (8804) in her, and that she were called H7121 (8738) by name H8034.
[15] Now when the turn H8447 of Esther H635, the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 the uncle H1730 of Mordecai H4782, who had taken H3947 (8804) her for his daughter H1323, was come H5060 (8687) to go in H935 (8800) unto the king H4428, she required H1245 (8765) nothing H1697 but what Hegai H1896 the king’s H4428 chamberlain H5631, the keeper H8104 (8802) of the women H802, appointed H559 (8799). And Esther H635 obtained H5375 (8802) favour H2580 in the sight H5869 of all them that looked H7200 (8802) upon her.
[16] So Esther H635 was taken H3947 (8735) unto king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 into his house H1004 royal H4438 in the tenth H6224 month H2320, which [is] the month H2320 Tebeth H2887, in the seventh H7651 year H8141 of his reign H4438.
[17] And the king H4428 loved H157 (8799) Esther H635 above all the women H802, and she obtained H5375 (8799) grace H2580 and favour H2617 in his sight H6440 more than all the virgins H1330; so that he set H7760 (8799) the royal H4438 crown H3804 upon her head H7218, and made her queen H4427 (8686) instead of Vashti H2060.
[18] Then the king H4428 made H6213 (8799) a great H1419 feast H4960 unto all his princes H8269 and his servants H5650, [even] Esther’s H635 feast H4960; and he made H6213 (8804) a release H2010 to the provinces H4082, and gave H5414 (8799) gifts H4864, according to the state H3027 of the king H4428.
[19] And when the virgins H1330 were gathered together H6908 (8736) the second time H8145, then Mordecai H4782 sat H3427 (8802) in the king’s H4428 gate H8179.
[20] Esther H635 had not [yet] shewed H5046 (8688) her kindred H4138 nor her people H5971; as Mordecai H4782 had charged H6680 (8765) her: for Esther H635 did H6213 (8802) the commandment H3982 of Mordecai H4782, like as when she was brought up H545 with him.
[21] In those days H3117, while Mordecai H4782 sat H3427 (8802) in the king’s H4428 gate H8179, two H8147 of the king’s H4428 chamberlains H5631, Bigthan H904 and Teresh H8657, of those which kept H8104 (8802) the door H5592, were wroth H7107 (8804), and sought H1245 (8762) to lay H7971 (8800) hand H3027 on the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325.
[22] And the thing H1697 was known H3045 (8735) to Mordecai H4782, who told H5046 (8686) [it] unto Esther H635 the queen H4436; and Esther H635 certified H559 (8799) the king H4428 [thereof] in Mordecai’s H4782 name H8034.
[23] And when inquisition H1245 (8792) was made of the matter H1697, it was found out H4672 (8735); therefore they were both H8147 hanged H8518 (8735) on a tree H6086: and it was written H3789 (8735) in the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 before H6440 the king H4428.

Young’s Literal Translation

Esther 2 (YLT)

[1] After these things, at the ceasing of the fury of the king Ahasuerus, he hath remembered Vashti, and that which she did, and that which hath been decreed concerning her;
[2] and servants of the king, his ministers, say, ‘Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,
[3] and the king doth appoint inspectors in all provinces of his kingdom, and they gather every young woman-virgin, of good appearance-unto Shushan the palace, unto the house of the women, unto the hand of Hege eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and to give their purifications,
[4] and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king doth reign instead of Vashti;’ and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he doth so.
[5] A man, a Jew, there hath been in Shushan the palace, and his name is Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite-
[6] who had been removed from Jerusalem with the removal that was removed with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed-
[7] and he is supporting Hadassah-she is Esther-daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman is of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.
[8] And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,
[9] and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions-to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided-to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good place in the house of the women.
[10] Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare it;
[11] and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.
[12] And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her-according to the law of the women-twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,
[13] and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;
[14] in the evening she hath gone in, and in the morning she hath turned back unto the second house of the women, unto the hand of Shaashgaz eunuch of the king, keeper of the concubines; she cometh not in any more unto the king except the king hath delighted in her, and she hath been called by name.
[15] And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther-daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter-to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.
[16] And Esther is taken unto the king Ahasuerus, unto his royal house, in the tenth month-it is the month of Tebeth-in the seventh year of his reign,
[17] and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti,
[18] and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants-the banquet of Esther-and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.
[19] And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;
[20] Esther is not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai hath laid a charge upon her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him.
[21] In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold,) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus,
[22] and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declareth it to Esther the queen, and Esther speaketh to the king in the name of Mordecai,
[23] and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.