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Esther 2:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Esther 2:4

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

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.

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

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.

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

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Esther 1:19

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"If then it seems good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it: ‘Don’t allow the queen to come in to him any more. Let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.’"

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Esther 1:15

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"and reported to him according to the laws what it was proper to do to queen Vashti, because she had not done the things commanded by the king through the chamberlains."

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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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1 Kings 1:2

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"Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”"

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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 2:5

"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."

Esther 2:7

"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."

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