Esther Chapter 2 - King James Strong Number Version
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- After <H0310> these things, <H1697> when the wrath <H2534> of king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> was appeased, <H7918> he remembered <H2142> Vashti, <H2060> and what she had done, <H6213> and what was decreed <H1504> against her.
- 2
- Then said <H0559> the king's <H4428> servants <H5288> that ministered <H8334> unto him, Let there be fair <H2896> <H4758> young <H5291> virgins <H1330> sought <H1245> for the king: <H4428>
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- And let the king <H4428> appoint <H6485> officers <H6496> in all the provinces <H4082> of his kingdom, <H4438> that they may gather together <H6908> all the fair <H2896> <H4758> young <H5291> virgins <H1330> unto Shushan <H7800> the palace, <H1002> to the house <H1004> of the women, <H0802> unto the custody <H3027> of Hege <H1896> the king's <H4428> chamberlain, <H5631> keeper <H8104> of the women; <H0802> and let their things for purification <H8562> be given <H5414> [them]:
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- And let the maiden <H5291> which pleaseth <H3190> <H5869> the king <H4428> be queen <H4427> instead of Vashti. <H2060> And the thing <H1697> pleased <H3190> <H5869> the king; <H4428> and he did <H6213> so.
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- [Now] in Shushan <H7800> the palace <H1002> there was a certain <H0376> Jew, <H3064> whose name <H8034> [was] Mordecai, <H4782> the son <H1121> of Jair, <H2971> the son <H1121> of Shimei, <H8096> the son <H1121> of Kish, <H7027> a Benjamite; <H0376> <H3228>
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- Who had been carried away <H1540> from Jerusalem <H3389> with the captivity <H1473> which had been carried away <H1540> with Jeconiah <H3204> king <H4428> of Judah, <H3063> whom Nebuchadnezzar <H5019> the king <H4428> of Babylon <H0894> had carried away. <H1540>
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- And he brought up <H0539> Hadassah, <H1919> that [is], Esther, <H0635> his uncle's <H1730> daughter: <H1323> for she had neither father <H0001> nor mother, <H0517> and the maid <H5291> [was] fair <H3303> <H8389> and beautiful; <H2896> <H4758> whom Mordecai, <H4782> when her father <H0001> and mother <H0517> were dead, <H4194> took <H3947> for his own daughter. <H1323>
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- So it came to pass, when the king's <H4428> commandment <H1697> and his decree <H1881> was heard, <H8085> and when many <H7227> maidens <H5291> were gathered together <H6908> unto Shushan <H7800> the palace, <H1002> to the custody <H3027> of Hegai, <H1896> that Esther <H0635> was brought <H3947> also unto the king's <H4428> house, <H1004> to the custody <H3027> of Hegai, <H1896> keeper <H8104> of the women. <H0802>
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- And the maiden <H5291> pleased <H3190> <H5869> him, and she obtained <H5375> kindness <H2617> of him; <H6440> and he speedily <H0926> gave <H5414> her her things for purification, <H8562> with such things as belonged <H4490> to her, and seven <H7651> maidens, <H5291> [which were] meet <H7200> to be given <H5414> her, out of the king's <H4428> house: <H1004> and he preferred <H8138> her and her maids <H5291> unto the best <H2896> [place] of the house <H1004> of the women. <H0802>
- 10
- Esther <H0635> had not shewed <H5046> her people <H5971> nor her kindred: <H4138> for Mordecai <H4782> had charged <H6680> her that she should not shew <H5046> [it].
- 11
- And Mordecai <H4782> walked <H1980> every day <H3117> <H3117> before <H6440> the court <H2691> of the women's <H0802> house, <H1004> to know <H3045> how Esther <H0635> did, <H7965> and what should become <H6213> of her.
- 12
- Now when every maid's <H5291> <H5291> turn <H8447> was come <H5060> to go in <H0935> to king <H4428> Ahasuerus, <H0325> after <H7093> that she had been twelve <H8147> <H6240> months, <H2320> according to the manner <H1881> of the women, <H0802> (for so were the days <H3117> of their purifications <H4795> accomplished, <H4390> [to wit], six <H8337> months <H2320> with oil <H8081> of myrrh, <H4753> and six <H8337> months <H2320> with sweet odours, <H1314> and with [other] things for the purifying <H8562> of the women;) <H0802>
- 13
- Then thus came <H0935> [every] maiden <H5291> unto the king; <H4428> whatsoever she desired <H0559> was given <H5414> her to go <H0935> with her out of the house <H1004> of the women <H0802> unto the king's <H4428> house. <H1004>
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- In the evening <H6153> she went, <H0935> and on the morrow <H1242> she returned <H7725> into the second <H8145> house <H1004> of the women, <H0802> to the custody <H3027> of Shaashgaz, <H8190> the king's <H4428> chamberlain, <H5631> which kept <H8104> the concubines: <H6370> she came in <H0935> unto the king <H4428> no more, except the king <H4428> delighted <H2654> in her, and that she were called <H7121> by name. <H8034>
- 15
- Now when the turn <H8447> of Esther, <H0635> the daughter <H1323> of Abihail <H0032> the uncle <H1730> of Mordecai, <H4782> who had taken <H3947> her for his daughter, <H1323> was come <H5060> to go in <H0935> unto the king, <H4428> she required <H1245> nothing <H1697> but what Hegai <H1896> the king's <H4428> chamberlain, <H5631> the keeper <H8104> of the women, <H0802> appointed. <H0559> And Esther <H0635> obtained <H5375> favour <H2580> in the sight <H5869> of all them that looked <H7200> upon her.
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- So Esther <H0635> was taken <H3947> unto king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> into his house <H1004> royal <H4438> in the tenth <H6224> month, <H2320> which [is] the month <H2320> Tebeth, <H2887> in the seventh <H7651> year <H8141> of his reign. <H4438>
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- And the king <H4428> loved <H0157> Esther <H0635> above all the women, <H0802> and she obtained <H5375> grace <H2580> and favour <H2617> in his sight <H6440> more than all the virgins; <H1330> so that he set <H7760> the royal <H4438> crown <H3804> upon her head, <H7218> and made her queen <H4427> instead of Vashti. <H2060>
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- Then the king <H4428> made <H6213> a great <H1419> feast <H4960> unto all his princes <H8269> and his servants, <H5650> [even] Esther's <H0635> feast; <H4960> and he made <H6213> a release <H2010> to the provinces, <H4082> and gave <H5414> gifts, <H4864> according to the state <H3027> of the king. <H4428>
- 19
- And when the virgins <H1330> were gathered together <H6908> the second time, <H8145> then Mordecai <H4782> sat <H3427> in the king's <H4428> gate. <H8179>
- 20
- Esther <H0635> had not [yet] shewed <H5046> her kindred <H4138> nor her people; <H5971> as Mordecai <H4782> had charged <H6680> her: for Esther <H0635> did <H6213> the commandment <H3982> of Mordecai, <H4782> like as when she was brought up <H0545> with him.
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- In those days, <H3117> while Mordecai <H4782> sat <H3427> in the king's <H4428> gate, <H8179> two <H8147> of the king's <H4428> chamberlains, <H5631> Bigthan <H0904> and Teresh, <H8657> of those which kept <H8104> the door, <H5592> were wroth, <H7107> and sought <H1245> to lay <H7971> hand <H3027> on the king <H4428> Ahasuerus. <H0325>
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- And the thing <H1697> was known <H3045> to Mordecai, <H4782> who told <H5046> [it] unto Esther <H0635> the queen; <H4436> and Esther <H0635> certified <H0559> the king <H4428> [thereof] in Mordecai's <H4782> name. <H8034>
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- And when inquisition <H1245> was made of the matter, <H1697> it was found out; <H4672> therefore they were both <H8147> hanged <H8518> on a tree: <H6086> and it was written <H3789> in the book <H5612> of the chronicles <H1697> <H3117> before <H6440> the king. <H4428>
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