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Esther 2:15 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all who looked at her. "

Esther 2:15

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13 And then the lady goes in to the king. The officer that he commands to do so will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber.

14 She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women’s apartment, where Hegai the king’s chamberlain is keeper of the women. She doesn’t go in to the king again, unless she is called by name.

15 And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all who looked at her.

16 So Esther went in to King Ahasuerus in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign.

17 The king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins. He put the queen’s crown on her.

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Esther

  • Mordecai Mordecai is a cousin of Esther.
    Source: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7
    Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
    Read Esther 2:5
    He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
    Read Esther 2:7
  • Mordecai Mordecai raised Esther.
    Source: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7
    Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
    Read Esther 2:5
    He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
    Read Esther 2:7
  • Aminadab, father of Esther Aminadab is the father of Esther.
    Source: Esther 2:15
    And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all who looked at her.
    Read Esther 2:15

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Aminadab, father of Esther

  • Esther Aminadab is the father of Esther.
    Source: Esther 2:15
    And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all who looked at her.
    Read Esther 2:15

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Mordecai

  • Jair, father of Mordecai Jair is the father of Mordecai.
    Source: Esther 2:5
    Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
    Read Esther 2:5
  • Esther Mordecai is a cousin of Esther.
    Source: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7
    Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
    Read Esther 2:5
    He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
    Read Esther 2:7
  • Esther Mordecai raised Esther.
    Source: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7
    Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
    Read Esther 2:5
    He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
    Read Esther 2:7

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Related Verses

Esther 4:5

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"So Esther called for her chamberlain Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai."

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Esther 8:1

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"On that day, King Ahasuerus gave to Esther all that belonged to Haman the slanderer. The king called Mordecai, for Esther had told that he was related to her."

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2 Maccabees 15:36

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"They all ordained with a common decree to in no way let this day pass undistinguished, but to mark with honor the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (it is called Adar in the Syrian language), the day before the day of Mordecai."

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2 Samuel 13:18

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"She had a garment of various colors on her, for the king’s daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her."

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Judith 12:13

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"Bagoas went from the presence of Holofernes, and came in to her, and said, “Let this fair lady not fear to come to my lord, and to be honored in his presence, and to drink wine and be merry with us, and to be made this day as one of the daughters of the children of Asshur who serve in Nebuchadnezzar’s palace.”"

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Genesis 12:15

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"The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house."

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Esther 2:1

"After this, the king’s anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Vashti, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her."

Esther 2:2

"Then the servants of the king said, “Let chaste, beautiful young virgins be sought for the king."

Esther 2:3

"Let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select beautiful, chaste young ladies and bring them to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment. Let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women. Then let things for purification and other needs be given to them."

Esther 2:4

"Let the woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king; and he did so."

Esther 2:5

"Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin."

Esther 2:6

"He had been brought as a prisoner from Jerusalem, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into captivity."

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