Esth 2:2
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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