Difference between revisions of "Esth 2:2"

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king's servants.

Esth 1:10; Esth 1:14; Esth 6:14

Let there be.

Gen 12:14; 1Kgs 1:2

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-in all the provinces.
-Esth 1:1; Esth 1:2
+king's servants.
-that they may gather.
+Esth 1:10; Esth 1:14; Esth 6:14
-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.
+Let there be.
-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.
+Gen 12:14; 1Kgs 1:2
-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