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1
After
these
things
,
when the wrath
of king
Ahasuerus
was appeased
,
he remembered
Vashti
,
and what
she had done
,
and what
was decreed
against
her.
2
Then said
the king's
servants
that ministered
unto him, Let there be fair
young
virgins
sought
for the king
:
3
And let the king
appoint
officers
in
all
the provinces
of his kingdom
,
that they may gather together
all
the fair
young
virgins
unto Shushan
the palace
,
to the house
of the women
,
unto the custody
of Hege
the king's
chamberlain
,
keeper
of the women
;
and let their things for purification
be given
them
:
4
And let the maiden
which pleaseth
the king
be queen
instead of Vashti
.
And the thing
pleased
the king
;
and he did so
.
5
Now
in Shushan
the palace
there was a certain
Jew
,
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 captivity
which had been carried away
with Jeconiah
king
of Judah
,
who
m
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of Babylon
had carried away
.
7
And he brought up
Hadassah
, that
is
, Esther,
his uncle's
daughter
:
for she
had
neither father
nor mother
,
and the maid
was
fair and beautiful;
whom Mordecai
,
when her father
and mother
were dead
,
took
for his own
daughter
.
8
So it
came
to pass, when the king's
commandment
and his decree
was heard
,
and when many
maidens
were gathered together
unto Shushan
the palace
,
to the custody
of Hegai
,
that Esther
was brought
also unto the king's
house
,
to the custody
of Hegai
,
keeper
of the women
.
9
And the maiden
pleased him, and she obtained
kindness
of him;
and he speedily
gave
her her things for purification
,
with such things as belonged
to her, and seven
maidens
,
which were
meet
to be given
her, out of the king's
house
: and he preferred
her and her maids
unto the best
place
of the
house
of the women.
10
Esther
had not shewed
her people
nor her kindred
:
for Mordecai
had charged
her that she should not shew
it
.
11
And Mordecai
walked
every day
before
the court
of the women's
house
,
to know
how Esther
did
,
and what should become
of her.
12
Now when every maid's
turn
was come
to go in
to king
Ahasuerus
,
after
that she had been twelve
months
,
according to the manner
of the
women
,
(for so were the days
of their purifications
accomplished
,
to wit
, six
months
with oil
of myrrh
,
and six
months
with sweet odours
,
and with
other
things for the purifying
of the
women
;)
13
Then thus came
every
maiden
unto the king
;
whatsoever she desired
was given
her to go
with her out of the
house
of the women
unto the king
's
house
.
14
In t
he
evening
s
he
went
,
and on t
he
morrow
s
he
returned
into t
he
second
house
of t
he
women,
to t
he
custody
of Shaashgaz
,
t
he
king's
chamberlain
,
which kept
t
he
concubines:
s
he
came in
unto t
he
king
no more, except t
he
king
delighted
in
he
r, and that s
he
were 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
,
was come
to go in
unto the king
,
she required
nothing
but
what
Hegai
the king's
chamberlain
,
the keeper
of the women
,
appointed
.
And Esther
obtained
favour
in the sight
of all
them that looked
upon her.
16
So Esther
was taken
unto king
Ahasuerus
into his house
royal
in the tenth
month
,
which
is
the
month
Tebeth
,
in the seventh
year
of his reign
.
17
And the king
loved
Esther
above
all
the women
,
and she obtained
grace
and favour
in his sight
more than
all
the virgins
;
so that he set
the royal
crown
upon her head
,
and made her queen
instead
of Vashti
.
18
Then the king
made
a great
feast
unto all his princes
and his servants
,
even
Esther's
feast
;
and he
made
a release
to the provinces
,
and gave
gifts,
according to the state
of the king
.
19
And when the virgins
were gathered together
the second time
,
then Mordecai
sat
in the king's
gate
.
20
Esther
had not
yet
shewed
her kindred
nor her people
;
as Mordecai
had charged
her: for
Esther
did
the commandment
of Mordecai
,
like as when she was brought up
with him.
21
In
those
days
,
while Mordecai
sat
in the king's
gate
,
two
of the king's
chamberlains
,
Bigthan
and Teresh
,
of
those
which kept
the door
,
were wroth
,
and sought
to lay
hand
on the king
Ahasuerus
.
22
And the thing
was known
to Mordecai
,
who told
it
unto Esther
the queen
;
and Esther
certified
the king
thereof
in Mordecai's
name
.
23
And when inquisition
was made of the matter
,
it was found out
;
therefore they were both
hanged
on a tree
:
and it was written
in the book
of the chronicles
before
the king
.
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