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And let the maiden which pleaseth* the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased* the king; and he did so.
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Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiaha king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
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And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful*; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
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And the maiden pleased* him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
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Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
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And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to knowb how Esther did, and what should become of her.
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Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve* months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
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Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
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In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
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Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
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So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
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And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favourc in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
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Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a released to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
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And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
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Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
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In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthane and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
Ester 2:4
Y la joven que agrade al rey sea reina en lugar de Vasti. Y esto le pareció bien al rey, y así lo hizo.
English Standard Version ESV
Esther 2:4
And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This pleased the king, and he did so.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
Ester 2:4
y la doncella que agradare a los ojos del rey, reine en lugar de Vasti. Y la cosa agradó en ojos del rey, y lo hizo así
New King James Version NKJV
Esther 2:4
Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This thing pleased the king, and he did so.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
Ester 2:4
Después, la joven que más agrade al rey será reina en lugar de Vasti». Al rey le pareció muy bueno ese consejo, así que decidió ponerlo en práctica.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
Ester 2:4
Y que reine en lugar de Vasti la joven que más le guste al rey». Esta propuesta le agradó al rey, y ordenó que así se hiciera.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
Ester 2:4
Y la moza que agradare á los ojos del rey, reine en lugar de Vasthi. Y la cosa plugo en ojos del rey, é hízolo así.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
Ester 2:4
y la doncella que agradare a los ojos del rey, reine en lugar de Vasti. Y la cosa agradó en ojos del rey, y lo hizo así.
Herramientas de Estudio para Esther 2:4-23
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