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Some
time
later
, when the anger
of King Xerxes
had
subsided
, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had
been
decreed against her.
After
these
things
, when the wrath
of king Ahasuerus
was
appeased
, he remembered Vashti ,
and what she had done, and what was
decreed against her.
Then the king’s
attendants
proposed
, “
Let a
search
be made
for
beautiful
young virgins for the king ,
Then said
the king's
servants
that
ministered
unto
him
, Let there
be fair
young virgins sought
for the king :
and let the king appoint commissioners
in each
province
of his kingdom to
assemble
all the beautiful
young women
into
the harem
at
the citadel
of Susa.
Let
them
be
placed
under
the care
of
Hegai
, the king’s
eunuch
in
charge
of the women
, and let them
be given beauty
treatments.
And let the king appoint officers
in all
the
provinces
of his kingdom ,
that
they
may
gather
together
all the fair
young virgins
unto
Shushan
the palace,
to
the house
of the women
, unto
the custody
of Hege
the king's
chamberlain
, keeper
of
the
women;
and let their
things
for
purification
be given them:
Then
let the young
woman
who
pleases
the king become
queen in
place
of Vashti. ”
This
suggestion
pleased the king ,
and he acted
accordingly
.
And
let the maiden
which
pleaseth
the king be
queen instead
of Vashti. And
the
thing
pleased the king ;
and he did
so
.
Now there was at
the
citadel
of
Susa
a Jewish
man
from
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
named
Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish .
Now in
Shushan
the
palace
there was a certain
Jew,
whose
name
was
Mordecai ,
the
son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish ,
a
Benjamite;
He
had been carried into
exile
from Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
among
those
taken
captive
with Jeconiah king of Judah.
Who
had been carried away
from Jerusalem with the
captivity
which
had
been
carried
away
with
Jeconiah king of Judah ,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away
.
And Mordecai
had
brought up Hadassah (
that is, Esther )
, the
daughter
of
his uncle,
because
she did
not
have
a
father or
mother .
The young
woman
was lovely
in
form
and appearance
, and
when her father and mother had
died
, Mordecai
had
taken
her
in
as
his own daughter.
And he
brought up Hadassah ,
that is, Esther, his uncle's
daughter:
for
she had
neither
father nor
mother ,
and
the maid
was fair
and beautiful;
whom
Mordecai
, when her father and mother were
dead
, took
for
his own daughter.
When the king’s
command
and edict
had
been
proclaimed
, many young
women
gathered at
the citadel
of
Susa
under
the care
of Hegai .
Esther was also taken
to
the palace
and
placed
under
the care
of Hegai, the
custodian
of the women.
So
it
came
to
pass,
when the king's
commandment
and his
decree
was
heard
, and
when
many maidens
were
gathered together
unto
Shushan
the palace,
to
the custody
of Hegai ,
that
Esther was brought
also unto
the king's
house,
to
the custody
of Hegai, keeper
of the women.
And the young
woman
pleased him and obtained his
favor,
so
he quickly
provided
her with beauty
treatments
and
the
special
diet.
He
assigned
to her seven select
maidservants
from
the palace
and transferred
her with
them
to
the best place in
the harem
.
And the maiden
pleased him ,
and she
obtained kindness
of
him;
and
he speedily
gave
her her
things
for
purification,
with such
things
as
belonged
to her ,
and
seven maidens,
which
were
meet
to
be
given
her,
out
of
the king's
house:
and he
preferred
her and
her
maids
unto
the best place of
the house
of
the
women
.
Esther did
not reveal
her people or
her lineage,
because
Mordecai had instructed
her not to
do
so
.
Esther had
not shewed
her people nor
her kindred:
for
Mordecai had charged
her that
she
should
not shew
it
.
And every day Mordecai
would
walk
back
and
forth
in
front
of
the court of the harem
to learn
about
Esther’s
welfare
and what was
happening
to
her.
And Mordecai
walked
every day before
the court of the women's
house,
to know
how
Esther
did,
and what should
become
of
her.
In
the
twelve
months
before
her
turn to go to King Xerxes
, the harem
regulation
required
each
young
woman
to receive
beauty
treatments
with oil of myrrh for
six months, and then
with perfumes
and
cosmetics
for another
six
months.
Now
when
every
maid's
turn was
come
to go in
to king Ahasuerus
, after
that
she
had
been
twelve
months,
according
to
the manner
of
the
women,
(for
so
were
the
days
of
their
purifications
accomplished,
to wit,
six
months
with oil of myrrh ,
and
six months with
sweet
odours
, and with other
things
for the
purifying
of
the
women;)
When
the
young
woman
would
go
to
the king ,
she was given whatever
she
requested
to take
with her from
the harem
to
the king’s
palace
.
Then
thus
came
every
maiden
unto
the king ;
whatsoever
she desired
was given her
to go
with her out
of
the house
of
the women
unto
the
king's
house
.
She
would
go
there
in the evening, and in
the morning
she would
return
to
a
second harem
under
the care
of Shaashgaz, the king’s
eunuch
in
charge
of
the concubines .
She would
not
return
to
the king unless
he
delighted in her and summoned
her
by name.
In the evening she
went
, and on
the morrow
she returned
into
the
second house
of
the women,
to
the
custody
of Shaashgaz, the king's
chamberlain,
which
kept
the concubines :
she came
in
unto
the king no
more,
except
the
king
delighted in her ,
and that
she
were
called
by name.
Now Esther was
the daughter of Abihail ,
the uncle from
whom
Mordecai had adopted
her as
his own
daughter .
And
when
it
was her
turn
to go to
the king, she did
not
ask
for
anything
except
what Hegai, the king’s
trusted
official
in
charge
of the harem
, had
advised
. And Esther found
favor
in the eyes
of everyone
who
saw
her.
Now when
the
turn
of
Esther ,
the daughter of Abihail the uncle of
Mordecai ,
who
had taken
her for
his daughter ,
was come
to go in
unto
the king, she required
nothing
but
what Hegai the
king's
chamberlain
, the keeper
of the women
, appointed
. And Esther obtained
favour
in the sight
of all
them
that
looked
upon
her.
She
was taken to
King Xerxes
in
the
royal palace
in the tenth month, the month of
Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
So
Esther
was taken unto
king Ahasuerus
into
his
house
royal in the tenth month, which
is
the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
And the king loved Esther more
than
all the other
women, and she found
grace and favor
in his sight more than all of
the other
virgins .
So he placed
the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in
place
of Vashti.
And the king loved Esther above
all the women, and she obtained
grace and favour
in his sight more than all the virgins ;
so that
he set
the royal crown upon her head ,
and made her queen instead
of Vashti.
Then the king held
a great banquet,
Esther’s
banquet,
for
all his officials
and servants .
He proclaimed
a tax
holiday
in
the provinces and gave gifts worthy
of the king’s
bounty
.
Then the king made
a great feast
unto
all his princes
and his
servants ,
even
Esther's
feast;
and
he made
a release
to
the provinces ,
and gave gifts ,
according
to
the
state
of the king
.
When the virgins were assembled
a
second time, Mordecai was
sitting
at
the king’s
gate.
And
when the virgins were gathered
together
the
second time, then
Mordecai sat
in
the king's
gate.
Esther still
had not revealed
her lineage
or
her people ,
just
as Mordecai had instructed.
She
obeyed
Mordecai’s
command
, as she had
done
under
his
care
.
Esther had not yet
shewed
her kindred
nor
her people ;
as Mordecai had charged
her:
for
Esther
did
the
commandment
of
Mordecai
, like
as when
she was
brought
up
with
him
.
In those days, while Mordecai was
sitting
at
the king’s
gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two
of the
king’s
eunuchs
who
guarded
the entrance
, grew
angry
and conspired
to assassinate
King Xerxes
.
In those days, while Mordecai sat
in
the king's
gate, two
of
the
king's
chamberlains,
Bigthan and Teresh, of those
which
kept
the door
, were
wroth,
and sought
to lay
hands
on
the
king Ahasuerus
.
When
Mordecai
learned
of
the plot
, he
reported
it to
Queen
Esther ,
and she
informed
the king on
Mordecai’s
behalf
.
And
the thing
was
known
to
Mordecai
, who
told
it unto
Esther the
queen;
and Esther
certified
the king thereof
in
Mordecai's
name
.
After
the
report
had
been
investigated
and verified
, both
officials
were hanged on the
gallows.
And all
this
was recorded
in the Book of the Chronicles in
the
presence
of
the king.
And when
inquisition
was
made
of
the
matter
, it
was
found
out;
therefore
they
were both
hanged on a
tree:
and it
was written
in the book of the chronicles before
the king.
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