Esth 2:3

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in all the provinces.

Esth 1:1; Esth 1:2

that they may gather.

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.

the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.

Es 2:8

Hegai. the king's chamberlain.

{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

their things.

Esth 2:12-14; Isa 3:18-23