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Esther 2:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

She was taken to King Ahasuerus in the palace in the tenth month, the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

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On the twenty-third day of the third month  #– #that is, the month Sivan #– #the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai  commanded for the Jews, to the satraps,  the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush.  The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language,  and to the Jews in their own script and language.


Let the king appoint commissioners  in each province of his kingdom, so that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem at the fortress of Susa.  Put them under the supervision of Hegai, the king’s eunuch,  keeper of the women,  and give them the required beauty treatments.


Some time later,  when King Ahasuerus’s rage  had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what was decided against her.


Ezra  came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king.


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.


The king loved Esther more than all the other women. She won more favour and approval from him than did any of the other virgins. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.


At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus,  the people who were already in the land  wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem.





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