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Esther 2:5-7
Lexham English Bible
Esther 2:5-7
Lexham English Bible
5 There was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who was deported[a] from Jerusalem with the exiles[b] who were deported[c] with Jeconiah[d] the king of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported.[e] 7 He[f] was raising Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter,[g] for she did not have a father or a mother; the young woman had a beautiful figure and was very attractive. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had taken her as his daughter.
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- Esther 2:6 Or “exiled”
- Esther 2:6 Hebrew “exile”
- Esther 2:6 Or “exiled”
- Esther 2:6 A variant spelling of “Jehoiachin”
- Esther 2:6 Or “exiled”
- Esther 2:7 That is, Mordecai
- Esther 2:7 That is, his cousin
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