Esther 2 After these things, when the hot anger of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

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1 H310 After H1697 these things, H2534 when the hot anger H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus H7918 [H8800] was appeased, H2142 [H8804] he remembered H2060 Vashti, H6213 [H8804] and what she had done, H1504 [H8738] and what was decreed against her.

2 H559 [H8799] Then said H4428 the king's H5288 servants H8334 [H8764] that ministered H2896 H4758 to him, Let there be fair H5291 damsel H1330 virgins H1245 [H8762] sought H4428 for the king:

3 H4428 And let the king H6485 [H8686] appoint H6496 officers H4082 in all the provinces H4438 of his kingdom, H6908 [H8799] that they may gather H2896 H4758 all the fair H5291 damsel H1330 virgins H7800 to Shushan H1002 the palace, H1004 to the house H802 of the women, H3027 into the custody H1896 of Hege H4428 the king's H5631 chamberlain, H8104 [H8802] keeper H802 of the women; H8562 and let their things for purification H5414 [H8800] be given them:

4 H5291 And let the damsel H3190 H5869 [H8799] who pleaseth H4428 the king H4427 [H8799] be queen H2060 instead of Vashti. H1697 And the thing H3190 H5869 [H8799] pleased H4428 the king; H6213 [H8799] and he did so.

5 H7800 Now in Shushan H1002 the palace H376 there was a certain H3064 Judean, H8034 whose name H4782 was Mordecai, H1121 the son H2971 of Jair, H1121 the son H8096 of Shimei, H1121 the son H7027 of Kish, H1145 a Benjamite;

6 H1540 [H8717] Who had been carried away H3389 from Jerusalem H1473 with the captives H1540 [H8717] who had been carried away H3204 with Jeconiah H4428 king H3063 of Judah, H5019 whom Nebuchadnezzar H4428 the king H894 of Babylon H1540 [H8689] had carried away.

7 H539 [H8802] And he brought up H1919 Hadassah, H635 that is, Esther, H1730 his uncle's H1323 daughter: H1 for she had neither father H517 nor mother, H5291 and the damsel H3303 H8389 was fair H2896 H4758 and beautiful; H4782 whom Mordecai, H1 when her father H517 and mother H4194 were dead, H3947 [H8804] took H1323 for his own daughter.

8 H4428 So it came to pass, when the king's H1697 commandment H1881 and his decree H8085 [H8736] were heard, H7227 and when many H5291 damsels H6908 [H8736] were gathered H7800 at Shushan H1002 the palace, H3027 to the custody H1896 of Hegai, H635 that Esther H3947 [H8735] was brought H4428 also to the king's H1004 house, H3027 to the custody H1896 of Hegai, H8104 [H8802] keeper H802 of the women.

9 H5291 And the damsel H3190 H5869 [H8799] pleased H5375 [H8799] him, and she obtained H2617 mercy H6440 from him; H926 [H8762] and he speedily H5414 [H8800] gave H8562 her her things for purification, H4490 with such things as belonged H7651 to her, and seven H7200 [H8803] choice H5291 damsels, H5414 [H8800] to be given H4428 her, out of the king's H1004 house: H8138 [H8762] and he preferred H5291 her and her damsels H2896 to the best H1004 place of the house H802 of the women.

10 H635 Esther H5046 [H8689] had not revealed H5971 her people H4138 nor her kindred: H4782 for Mordecai H6680 [H8765] had charged H5046 [H8686] her that she should not make it known.

11 H4782 And Mordecai H1980 [H8693] walked H3117 every day H6440 at the face of H2691 the court H802 of the women's H1004 house, H3045 [H8800] to know H635 how Esther H7965 did, H6213 [H8735] and what should become of her.

12 H5291 Now when every damsel's H8447 turn H5060 [H8687] had come H935 [H8800] to go in H4428 to king H325 Ahasuerus, H7093 after H8147 H6240 that she had been twelve H2320 months, H1881 according to the law H802 for the women, H3117 (for so were the days H4795 of their purifications H4390 [H8799] accomplished, H8337 that is, six H2320 months H8081 with oil H4753 of myrrh, H8337 and six H2320 months H1314 with sweet odours, H8562 and with other things for the purifying H802 of the women;)

13 H935 [H8802] Then thus came H5291 every damsel H4428 to the king; H559 [H8799] whatever she desired H5414 [H8735] was given H935 [H8800] her to go H1004 with her out of the house H802 of the women H4428 to the king's H1004 house.

14 H6153 In the evening H935 [H8802] she went, H1242 and on the next morning H7725 [H8802] she returned H8145 into the second H1004 house H802 of the women, H3027 to the custody H8190 of Shaashgaz, H4428 the king's H5631 chamberlain, H8104 [H8802] who kept H6370 the concubines: H935 [H8799] she came in H4428 to the king H4428 no more, except that the king H2654 [H8804] delighted H7121 [H8738] in her, and she was called H8034 by name.

15 H8447 Now when the turn H635 of Esther, H1323 the daughter H32 of Abihail H1730 the uncle H4782 of Mordecai, H3947 [H8804] who had taken H1323 her for his daughter, H5060 [H8687] had come H935 [H8800] to go in H4428 to the king, H1245 [H8765] she required H1697 nothing H1896 but what Hegai H4428 the king's H5631 chamberlain, H8104 [H8802] the keeper H802 of the women, H559 [H8799] appointed. H635 And Esther H5375 [H8802] obtained H2580 favour H5869 in the eyes H7200 [H8802] of all them that looked upon her.

16 H635 So Esther H3947 [H8735] was taken H4428 to king H325 Ahasuerus H1004 into his house H4438 royal H6224 in the tenth H2320 month, H2320 which is the month H2887 Tebeth, H7651 in the seventh H8141 year H4438 of his reign.

17 H4428 And the king H157 [H8799] loved H635 Esther H802 above all the women, H5375 [H8799] and she obtained H2580 grace H2617 and mercy H6440 in his sight H1330 more than all the virgins; H7760 [H8799] so that he set H4438 the royal H3804 crown H7218 upon her head, H4427 [H8686] and made her queen H2060 instead of Vashti.

18 H4428 Then the king H6213 [H8799] made H1419 a great H4960 feast H8269 to all his princes H5650 and his servants, H635 even Esther's H4960 feast; H6213 [H8804] and he made H2010 a release H4082 to the provinces, H5414 [H8799] and gave H4864 gifts, H3027 according to the bounty H4428 of the king.

19 H1330 And when the virgins H6908 [H8736] were gathered together H8145 the second time, H4782 then Mordecai H3427 [H8802] sat H4428 in the king's H8179 gate.

20 H635 Esther H5046 [H8688] had not yet revealed H4138 her kindred H5971 nor her people; H4782 as Mordecai H6680 [H8765] had charged H635 her: for Esther H6213 [H8802] performed H3982 the commandment H4782 of Mordecai, H545 as when she was brought up with him.

21 H3117 In those days, H4782 while Mordecai H3427 [H8802] sat H4428 in the king's H8179 gate, H8147 two H4428 of the king's H5631 chamberlains, H904 Bigthan H8657 and Teresh, H8104 [H8802] of those who kept H5592 the door, H7107 [H8804] burst out in rage, H1245 [H8762] and sought H7971 [H8800] to lay H3027 hand H4428 on the king H325 Ahasuerus.

22 H1697 And the thing H3045 [H8735] was known H4782 to Mordecai, H5046 [H8686] who told H635 it to Esther H4436 the queen; H635 and Esther H559 [H8799] informed H4428 the king H4782 of it in Mordecai's H8034 name.

23 H1245 [H8792] And when enquiry H1697 was made of the matter, H4672 [H8735] it was discovered; H8147 therefore they were both H8518 [H8735] hanged H6086 on a tree: H3789 [H8735] and it was written H5612 in the book H1697 H3117 of the chronicles H6440 at the face of H4428 the king.