Esther 2:3

A Conservative Version

And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keepe

Cross References

Esther 2:4

and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.

Esther 2:19

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.

Esther 2:5

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,