Esther 2:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 2:12

10 ^aEsther had not¹ revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it.

11 And every day Mordecai paced in front of the court of the women’s quarters, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

12 Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after she had completed twelve months’ preparation, according to the regulations for the women, for thus were the days of their preparation apportioned: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and preparations for beautifying women.

13 Thus prepared, each young woman went to the king, and she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the women’s quarters to the king’s palace.

14 In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name.

15 Now when the turn came for Esther ^athe daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the custodian of the women, advised. And Esther ^bobtained favor in the sight of all who saw her.

16 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

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Definitions of words in Esther 2:12:

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Go {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Myrrh {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Myrrh {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Oil {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Oil {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Preparation {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Twelve {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Perfumes {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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