Esther 2:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ She would go in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the supervision of the king’s eunuch Shaashgaz, keeper of the concubines.  She never went to the king again, unless he desired her and summoned her by name.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ In the evening she went and next day she returned into the second harem in the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She came to the king no more unless the king delighted in her and she was called for by name.

American Standard Version (1901)

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, who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ In the evening she would go in, and the next morning she would return to the second women’s house under the care of Shaashgaz. He was the king’s eunuch in charge of the secondary wives. She would never go to the king again unless he was so pleased that he called for her by name.

Esther 2:14 Cross References

Genesis 34:19

The young man did not delay doing this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most important in all his father’s family.

Esther 2:13

When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the palace.

Esther 2:15

Esther was the daughter of Abihail,  the uncle of Mordecai who had adopted her as his own daughter. When her turn came to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women, suggested. Esther gained favour in the eyes of everyone who saw her.

Esther 4:11

‘All the royal officials and the people of the royal provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard  and who has not been summoned #– #the death penalty   #– # unless the king extends the gold sceptre, allowing that person to live.  I have not been summoned to appear before the king  for the last  thirty days.’

Isaiah 43:1

Now this is what the Lord  says – the one who created you, Jacob, and the one who formed you, Israel   – ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine.

Isaiah 45:4

I call you by your name, for the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel my chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know me.

Deuteronomy 21:14

Then if you are not satisfied with her, you are to let her go where she wants, but you must not sell her or treat her as merchandise,  because you have humiliated her.