“And let the young woman who pleases the sovereign be sovereigness instead of Vashti.” And the word pleased the sovereign, and he did so.
And the saying pleased Aḇ
And the word was good in the eyes of the sovereign and the princes, and the sovereign did according to the word of Memuḵ
And when maidens were assembled a second time, Mordeḵ
and let the sovereign appoint officers in all the provinces of his reign, and let them gather all the lovely young maidens to the citadel of Shushan, into the women’s quarters, under the hand of Hĕ
In the citadel of Shushan there was a certain man, a Yehuḏ
But as Herodes’ birthday was being held, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herodes,
“Thus the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”