Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
She returned into the second house - This was the place where the king' s concubines were kept. They went out no more, and were never given in marriage to any man, and saw the king' s face no more unless specially called.
Custody of Shaashgaz - This is probably another Persian name; sheshkhunj , beardless, a proper epithet of a eunuch; or sestgunj , weak loins, for the same reason. Names of this kind at once show the reason of their imposition, by describing the state of the person.
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