Esther 2:14

Revised Standard Version

In the evening she went, and in the morning she came back to the second harem in custody of Sha-ashgaz the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines; she did not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.

Cross References

Genesis 34:19

And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family.

Esther 2:13

when the maiden went in to the king in this way she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.

Esther 2:15

When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had adopted her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

Esther 4:11

“All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law; all alike are to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter that he may live. And I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”

Isaiah 43:1

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

Isaiah 45:4

For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me.

Deuteronomy 21:14

Then, if you have no delight in her, you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her for money, you shall not treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her.