Esther 2:14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

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 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.

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.

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.

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.