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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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in all the provinces
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Est 1:1,2 |
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that they may gather
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This was the usual way in which the harem, or seraglio, was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit. |
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the custody
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Heb. the hand. |
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Hege
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Est 2:8, Hegai. |
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the king's chamberlain
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"Saris hammelech, ""the king's eunuch:"" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac." |
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their things
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Est 2:12-14; Isa 3:18-23 |
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Est 1:1 |
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) |
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Est 1:2 |
[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace, |
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Est 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 brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. |
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Est 2:12 |
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;) |
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Est 2:13 |
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. |
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Est 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, 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. |
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Isa 3:18 |
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet], and [their] cauls, and [their] round tires like the moon, |
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Isa 3:19 |
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, |
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Isa 3:20 |
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, |
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Isa 3:21 |
The rings, and nose jewels, |
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Isa 3:22 |
The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, |
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Isa 3:23 |
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Esther 2:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Est/2/3.html>.
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