Esther 2:3-4

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3 H4428 and let the king H6485 appoint H6496 officers H4082 in all the provinces H4438 of his kingdom, H6908 that they may gather together H2896 all the fair H5291 young H1330 virgins H7800 unto Shushan H1002 the palace, H1004 to the house H802 of the women, H3027 unto the custody H1896 of Hegai H4428 the king's H5631 chamberlain, H8104 keeper H802 of the women; H8562 and let their things for purification H5414 be given them;

4 H5291 and let the maiden H3190 that pleaseth H4428 the king H4427 be queen H2060 instead of Vashti. H1697 And the thing H3190 pleased H4428 the king; H6213 and he did so.

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in all the provinces.
Esther 1:1; Esther 1:2
that they may gather.This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.
the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.
Esther 2:8
Hegai. the king's chamberlain.{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.
their things.
Esther 2:12-14; Isaiah 3:18-23