Esther 2:3

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that young virgins unto Shushan the palace, they may gather together all the fair to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

Cross References

Esther 2:19

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

Esther 2:4

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

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;