Esther 2:13

Easy To Read Version

And this is the way a girl would go to the king: They gave her anything she wanted from the house of the king’s women.

Cross References

Esther 2:11

Every day Mordecai walked back and forth near the area where the king’s women lived. He did that because he wanted to find out how Esther was, and what was happening to her.

Esther 2:12

Before a girl could take her turn to go in before King Xerxes, this is what she had to do: She had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments. That was six months with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and different kinds of makeup.

Esther 2:14

In the evening, the girl would go to the king’s palace. {\cf2\super [7]} And in the morning, she would return to another area where the king’s women lived. Then she would be placed under the care of a man named Shaashgaz. Shaashgaz was the king’s eunuch {\cf2\super [8]} in charge of the concubines. {\cf2\super [9]} The girl would not go back to the king again unless he was pleased with her. Then he would call her by name to come back to him.