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Esther 2:3
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Esther 2:3
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3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.
Esther 2:3
King James Version
Esther 2:3
King James Version
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:
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Esther 2:13
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Esther 2:13
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13 And this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.
Esther 2:13
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Esther 2:13
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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.
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Esther 2:14
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Esther 2:14
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14 In the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines.(A) She would not return to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name.(B)
Esther 2:14
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Esther 2:14
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14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
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Esther 2:19
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Esther 2:19
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Mordecai Uncovers a Conspiracy
19 When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.(A)
Esther 2:19
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Esther 2:19
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19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
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