2:1 After
these
things,
when
the
wrath
of
king
Ahasuerus
was
pacified,
he
remembered
Vashti,
and
what
she
had
done,
and
what
was
decreed
against
her.
2:2 Then
said
the
king's
servants
that
ministered
unto
him,
Let
there
be
fair
young
virgins
sought
for
the
king:
2:3 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
Hegai
the
king's
chamberlain,
keeper
of
the
women;
and
let
their
things
for
purification
be
given
them;
2:4 and
let
the
maiden
that
pleaseth
the
king
be
queen
instead
of
Vashti.
And
the
thing
pleased
the
king;
and
he
did
so.
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,
2:6 who
had
been
carried
away
from
Jerusalem
with
the
captives
that
had
been
carried
away
with
Jeconiah
king
of
Judah,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away.
2:7 And
he
brought
up
Hadassah,
that
is,
Esther,
his
uncle's
daughter:
for
she
had
neither
father
nor
mother,
and
the
maiden
was
fair
and
beautiful;
and
when
her
father
and
mother
were
dead,
Mordecai
took
her
for
his
own
daughter.
2:8 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
taken
into
the
king's
house,
to
the
custody
of
Hegai,
keeper
of
the
women.
2:9 And
the
maiden
pleased
him,
and
she
obtained
kindness
of
him;
and
he
speedily
gave
her
her
things
for
purification,
with
her
portions,
and
the
seven
maidens
who
were
meet
to
be
given
her
out
of
the
king's
house:
and
he
removed
her
and
her
maidens
to
the
best
place
of
the
house
of
the
women.
2:10 Esther
had
not
made
known
her
people
nor
her
kindred;
for
Mordecai
had
charged
her
that
she
should
not
make
it
known.
2:11 And
Mordecai
walked
every
day
before
the
court
of
the
women's
house,
to
know
how
Esther
did,
and
what
would
become
of
her.
2:12 Now
when
the
turn
of
every
maiden
was
come
to
go
in
to
king
Ahasuerus,
after
that
it
had
been
done
to
her
according
to
the
law
for
the
women
twelve
months
(for
so
were
the
days
of
their
purifications
accomplished,
[to
wit],
six
months
with
oil
of
myrrh,
and
six
months
with
sweet
odors
and
with
the
things
for
the
purifying
of
the
women),
2:13 then
in
this
wise
came
the
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.
2:14 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,
who
kept
the
concubines:
she
came
in
unto
the
king
no
more,
except
the
king
delighted
in
her,
and
she
were
called
by
name.
2:15 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
favor
in
the
sight
of
all
them
that
looked
upon
her.
2:16 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.
2:17 And
the
king
loved
Esther
above
all
the
women,
and
she
obtained
favor
and
kindness
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.
2:18 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
bounty
of
the
king.
2:19 And
when
the
virgins
were
gathered
together
the
second
time,
then
Mordecai
was
sitting
in
the
king's
gate.
2:20 Esther
had
not
yet
made
known
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.
2:21 In
those
days,
while
Mordecai
was
sitting
in
the
king's
gate,
two
of
the
king's
chamberlains,
Bigthan
and
Teresh,
of
those
that
kept
the
threshold,
were
wroth,
and
sought
to
lay
hands
on
the
king
Ahasuerus.
2:22 And
the
thing
became
known
to
Mordecai,
who
showed
it
unto
Esther
the
queen;
and
Esther
told
the
king
[thereof]
in
Mordecai's
name.
2:23 And
when
inquisition
was
made
of
the
matter,
and
it
was
found
to
be
so,
they
were
both
hanged
on
a
tree:
and
it
was
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
before
the
king.
