Esther 2:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 2:5

3 and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to¹ Shushan the citadel, into the women’s quarters, under the custody of³ Hegai the king’s eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them.

4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king, and he did so.

5 In¹ Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of ^aKish, a Benjamite.

6 ^aKish¹ had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with² Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

7 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, ^ahis uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was lovely and beautiful. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

8 So it was, when the king’s command and decree were heard, and when many young women were ^agathered at Shushan the citadel, under the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was taken to the king’s palace, into the care of Hegai the custodian of the women.

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Definitions of words in Esther 2:5:

Benjamite {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Citadel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jair {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jair {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Jair {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Mordecai {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Mordecai {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Mordecai {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Name {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Shimei {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Shimei {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Shimei {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Shushan {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Shushan {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Shushan {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jew {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jew {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Esther 2:5:

Esther, Book Of {I.S.B.E.}
Mordecai {I.S.B.E.}

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