CHAPTER EXPLORER
Esther 2
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23 verses in KJV · 135 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Esther 2 (KJV)
2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2:2 Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given [them]:
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Mordecai
Approximate study chronology: c. 461 BC to c. 457 BC
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H4428me.lekhking · 30 occurrencesH635es.terEsther · 13 occurrencesH802ish.shahwoman · 11 occurrencesH5291na.a.rahmaiden · 11 occurrencesH4782mor.de.khayMordecai · 11 occurrencesH1004betplace · 9 occurrencesH9034haher · 7 occurrencesH1697da.varword · 7 occurrencesH3027yadhand · 6 occurrencesH8104sha.marto keep: obey · 5 occurrencesH3117yomday · 5 occurrencesH2320cho.deshmonth · 5 occurrencesH6440pa.nehface: before · 4 occurrencesH5869a.yineye · 4 occurrences
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