Esther 2:5 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁵ Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mor´decai, the son of Ja´ir, the son of Shim´e-i, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ There was a certain Jew in the capital in Shushan whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

Common English Bible

⁵ Now there was a Jew in the fortified part of Susa whose name was Mordecai, Jair’s son. He came from the family line of Shimei and Kish; he was a Benjaminite. (

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And the king instructed him to remain in the court of the palace, having given him this position for the information.

Esther 2:5 Krydshenvisninger

2 Samuel 16:5

And when king David came to Bahu´rim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shim´e-i, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

2 Kings 24:12

And Jehoi´achin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

2 Kings 24:15

And he carried away Jehoi´achin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Esther 1:2

that in those days, when the king Ahasue´rus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Esther 10:3

For Mor´decai the Jew was next unto king Ahasue´rus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Esther 2:3

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:

Esther 2:4

and let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

Esther 5:1

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

1 Samuel 9:1

Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Ab´i-el, the son of Zeror, the son of Becho´rath, the son of Aphi´ah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.