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Esther 2 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Vashti’s Successor Sought

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After H310 these H428 things H1697, when the anger H2534 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 had subsided H7918, he remembered H2142 Vashti H2060 and what H834 she had done H6213, and what H834 had been decided H1504 regarding H5921 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - Then the king’s H4428 attendants H5288, who served H8334 him, said H559, “Let beautiful H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgins H1330 be sought H1245 for the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And may the king H4428 appoint H6485 overseers H6496 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of his kingdom H4438, and have them [fn]bring H6908 every H3605 beautiful H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgin H1330 to the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800, to the harem H1004 H802, into the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631, who is in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802; and let their cosmetics H8562 be given H5414 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - “Then let the young H5291 woman H5291 who H834 pleases H3190 H5869 the king H4428 be H4427 queen H4427 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Vashti H2060.” And the [fn]suggestion H1697 pleased H3190 H5869 the king H4428, and he did H6213 accordingly H3651.

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There was a Jew H3064 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800 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 Benjaminite H376 H3228,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:6 - who H834 had been taken H1540 from Jerusalem H3389 with the exiles H1473 who H834 had been deported H1540 with Jeconiah H3204 king H4428 of Judah H3063, whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had deported H1540.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - He was the guardian H539 to Hadassah H1919, that is Esther H635, his uncle’s H1730 daughter H1323, for she had H369 no H369 father H1 or H369 mother H517. Now the young H5291 woman H5291 was beautiful H3303 of form H8389 and [fn]face H4758, and when her father H1 and her mother H517 died H4194, Mordecai H4782 took H3947 her as his own daughter H1323.

Esther Finds Favor

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So it came H1961 about H1961, when the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 were heard H8085 and many H7227 young H5291 ladies H5291 were gathered H6908 to the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800 into the [fn]custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, that Esther H635 was taken H3947 to the king’s H4428 [fn]palace H1004 into the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - Now the young H5291 lady H5291 pleased H3190 H5869 him and found H5375 favor H2617 with him. So he quickly H926 provided H5414 her with her cosmetics H8562 and [fn]food H4490, gave H5414 her seven H7651 choice H7200 female H5291 attendants H5291 from the king’s H4428 palace H1004, and transferred H8132 her and her attendants H5291 to the best H2896 place in the harem H1004 H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:10 - Esther H635 did not reveal H5046 her people H5971 or her kindred H4138, because H3588 Mordecai H4782 had instructed H6680 her that she was not to reveal H5046 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - And every H3605 day H3117 Mordecai H4782 walked H1980 back H1980 and H1980 forth H1980 in front H6440 of the courtyard H2691 of the harem H1004 H802 to learn H3045 how H7965 Esther H635 was and what H4100 was happening H6213 to her.

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Now when the turn H8447 came H5060 for each H5291 young H5291 woman H5291 to go H935 in H935 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, after H4480 the end H7093 of her twelve H8147 H6240 months H2320 under the regulations H1881 for the women H802—for the days H3117 of their beauty H4795 treatment H4795 were completed H4390 as H3651 follows H3651: six H8337 months H2320 with oil H8081 of myrrh H4753 and six H8337 months H2320 with balsam H1314 oil H1314 and the cosmetics H8562 for women H802—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13 - the young H5291 woman H5291 would go H935 in H935 to the king H4428 in this H2088 way H2088: anything H3605 that she [fn]desired H559 was given H5414 her to [fn]take H935 with her from the harem H1004 H802 to the king’s H4428 palace H1004.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening H6153 she would enter H935 and in the morning H1242 she would return H7725 to the second H8145 harem H1004 H802, to the [fn]custody H3027 of Shaashgaz H8190, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the concubines H6370. She would not go H935 in H935 to the king H4428 again H5750, unless H3588 H518 the king H4428 delighted H2654 in her and she was summoned H7121 by name H8034.

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Now when the turn H8447 of Esther H635, the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 the uncle H1730 of Mordecai H4782 who H834 had taken H3947 her as his daughter H1323, came H5060 to go H935 in H935 to the king H4428, she did not request H1245 anything H1697 except H3588 H518 what H834 Hegai H1896, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802, [fn]advised H559. And Esther H635 was finding H5375 favor H2580 in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 who saw H7200 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther H635 was taken H3947 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 in his royal H4438 palace H1004 in the tenth H6224 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Tebeth H2887, in the seventh H7651 year H8141 of his reign H4438.

Esther Becomes Queen

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The king H4428 loved H157 Esther H635 more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the women H802, and she found H5375 favor H2580 and kindness H2617 with him more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the virgins H1330, so that he set H7760 the royal H4438 turban H3804 on her head H7218 and made H4427 her queen H4427 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Vashti H2060.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king H4428 held H6213 a great H1419 banquet H4960, Esther’s H635 banquet H4960, for all H3605 his officials H8269 and his servants H5650; he also made H6213 a holiday H2010 for the provinces H4082 and gave H5414 gifts H4864 in proportion to the king’s H4428 bounty H3027.

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Now when the virgins H1330 were gathered H6908 together for the second H8145 time H8145, then Mordecai H4782 was sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate H8179.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20 - Esther H635 still had not revealed H5046 her relatives H4138 or her people H5971, just H834 as H834 Mordecai H4782 had instructed H6680 her; for Esther H635 did H6213 [fn]what H3982 Mordecai H4782 told H5046 her just H834 as H834 she had H1961 when H834 under his care H545.

Mordecai Saves the King

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those H1992 days H3117, while Mordecai H4782 was sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate H8179, Bigthan H904 and Teresh H8657, two H8147 of the king’s H4428 officials H5631 from those who guarded H8104 the door H5592, became H7107 angry H7107 and sought H1245 to [fn]attack H7971 H3027 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - But the [fn]plot H1697 became known H3045 to Mordecai H4782 and he informed H5046 Queen H4436 Esther H635, and Esther H635 told H559 the king H4428 in Mordecai’s H4782 name H8034.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - Then when the plot H1697 was investigated H1245 and found H4672 to be so, they were both H8147 hanged H8518 on a wooden H6086 gallows; and it was written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 in the king’s H4428 presence H6440.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit gather
Lit word
Lit good of appearance
Lit hand
Lit house
Lit portions
Lit said
Lit come
Lit hand
Lit said
Lit the command of Mordecai
Or kill; lit put out a hand against
Lit matter, so also v 23
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Esther Chapter 2 — Additional Translations:

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