Red-Letter King James Bible 1769 Edition (KJV)

Esther 2

1 Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen. 5 Mordecai the nursing father of Esther. 8 Esther is preferred by Hegai before the rest. 12 The manner of purification, and going in to the king. 15 Esther best pleasing the king is made queen. 21 Mordecai discovering a treason is recorded in the chronicles.

 2:1 ¶ After 310 these x428 things, 1697 when the wrath 2534 of king 4428 Ahasuerus 325 was appeased, 7918 z8800 he remembered 2142 z8804 x853 Vashti, 2060 and what x834 she had done, 6213 z8804 and what x834 was decreed 1504 z8738 against x5921 her.

 2:2 Then said 559 z8799 the king's 4428 servants 5288 that ministered 8334 z8764 unto him, Let there be fair 2896 4758 young 5291 virgins 1330 sought 1245 z8762 for the king: 4428

 2:3 And let the king 4428 appoint 6485 z8686 officers 6496 in all x3605 the provinces 4082 of his kingdom, 4438 that they may gather together 6908 z8799 x853 all x3605 the fair 2896 4758 young 5291 virgins 1330 unto x413 Shushan 7800 the palace, 1002 to x413 the house 1004 of the women, 802 unto x413 the custody 3027 of Hege 1896 the king's 4428 chamberlain, 5631 keeper 8104 z8802 of the women; 802 and let their things for purification 8562 be given 5414 z8800 [them]:

 2:4 And let the maiden 5291 which x834 pleaseth 3190 5869 z8799 the king 4428 be queen 4427 z8799 instead x8478 of Vashti. 2060 And the thing 1697 pleased 3190 5869 z8799 the king; 4428 and he did x6213 so. y6213 z8799 x3651

 2:5 ¶ [Now] in Shushan 7800 the palace 1002 there was x1961 a certain 376 Jew, 3064 whose name 8034 [was] Mordecai, 4782 the son 1121 of Jair, 2971 the son 1121 of Shimei, 8096 the son 1121 of Kish, 7027 a Benjamite; 1145

 2:6 Who x834 had been carried away 1540 z8717 from Jerusalem 3389 x4480 with x5973 the captivity 1473 which x834 had been carried away 1540 z8717 with x5973 Jeconiah 3204 king 4428 of Judah, 3063 whom x834 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 had carried away. 1540 z8689

 2:7 And he brought up 539 z8802 x1961 x853 Hadassah, 1919 that x1931 [is], Esther, 635 his uncle's 1730 daughter: 1323 for x3588 she had neither x369 father 1 nor mother, 517 and the maid 5291 [was] fair 3303 8389 and beautiful; 2896 4758 whom Mordecai, 4782 when her father 1 and mother 517 were dead, 4194 took 3947 z8804 for his own daughter. 1323

 2:8 ¶ So it came to pass, x1961 when the king's 4428 commandment 1697 and his decree 1881 was heard, 8085 z8736 and when many 7227 maidens 5291 were gathered together 6908 z8736 unto x413 Shushan 7800 the palace, 1002 to x413 the custody 3027 of Hegai, 1896 that Esther 635 was brought 3947 z8735 also unto x413 the king's 4428 house, 1004 to x413 the custody 3027 of Hegai, 1896 keeper 8104 z8802 of the women. 802

 2:9 And the maiden 5291 pleased 3190 5869 z8799 him, and she obtained 5375 z8799 kindness 2617 of x6440 him; y6440 and he speedily 926 z8762 gave 5414 z8800 her x853 her things for purification, 8562 with x854 such things as belonged 4490 to her, and seven 7651 maidens, 5291 [which were] meet 7200 z8803 to be given 5414 z8800 her, out of the king's y4428 house: 1004 x4480 x4428 and he preferred 8138 z8762 her and her maids 5291 unto the best 2896 [place] of the house 1004 of the women. 802

 2:10 Esther 635 had not x3808 shewed 5046 z8689 x853 her people 5971 nor her kindred: 4138 for x3588 Mordecai 4782 had charged 6680 z8765 her x5921 that x834 she should not x3808 shew 5046 z8686 [it].

 2:11 And Mordecai 4782 walked 1980 z8693 every day 3117 x3605 before 6440 the court 2691 of the women's 802 house, 1004 to know 3045 z8800 x853 how Esther 635 did, 7965 and what x4100 should become 6213 z8735 of her.

 2:12 ¶ Now when every maid's 5291 turn 8447 was come 5060 z8687 to go in 935 z8800 to x413 king 4428 Ahasuerus, 325 after y7093 that x4480 x7093 she had been x1961 twelve 8147 6240 months, 2320 according to the manner 1881 of the women, 802 (for x3588 so x3651 were the days 3117 of their purifications 4795 accomplished, 4390 z8799 [to wit], six 8337 months 2320 with oil 8081 of myrrh, 4753 and six 8337 months 2320 with sweet odours, 1314 and with [other] things for the purifying 8562 of the women;) 802

 2:13 Then thus x2088 came 935 z8802 [every] maiden 5291 unto x413 the king; 4428 x853 whatsoever x3605 x834 she desired 559 z8799 was given 5414 z8735 her to go 935 z8800 with x5973 her out of the house 1004 x4480 of the women 802 unto x5704 the king's 4428 house. 1004

 2:14 In the evening 6153 she x1931 went, 935 z8802 and on the morrow 1242 she x1931 returned 7725 z8802 into x413 the second 8145 house 1004 of the women, 802 to x413 the custody 3027 of Shaashgaz, 8190 the king's 4428 chamberlain, 5631 which kept 8104 z8802 the concubines: 6370 she came in 935 z8799 unto x413 the king 4428 no x3808 more, x5750 except x3588 x518 the king 4428 delighted 2654 z8804 in her, and that she were called 7121 z8738 by name. 8034

 2:15 ¶ Now when the turn 8447 of Esther, 635 the daughter 1323 of Abihail 32 the uncle 1730 of Mordecai, 4782 who x834 had taken 3947 z8804 her for his daughter, 1323 was come 5060 z8687 to go in 935 z8800 unto x413 the king, 4428 she required 1245 z8765 nothing 1697 x3808 but x3588 x518 x853 what x834 Hegai 1896 the king's 4428 chamberlain, 5631 the keeper 8104 z8802 of the women, 802 appointed. 559 z8799 And Esther 635 obtained 5375 z8802 x1961 favour 2580 in the sight 5869 of all x3605 them that looked 7200 z8802 upon her.

 2:16 So Esther 635 was taken 3947 z8735 unto x413 king 4428 Ahasuerus 325 into x413 his house 1004 royal 4438 in the tenth 6224 month, 2320 which x1931 [is] the month 2320 Tebeth, 2887 in the seventh 7651 year 8141 of his reign. 4438

 2:17 And the king 4428 loved 157 z8799 x853 Esther 635 above all x4480 x3605 the women, 802 and she obtained 5375 z8799 grace 2580 and favour 2617 in his sight 6440 more than all x4480 x3605 the virgins; 1330 so that he set 7760 z8799 the royal 4438 crown 3804 upon her head, 7218 and made her queen 4427 z8686 instead x8478 of Vashti. 2060

 2:18 Then the king 4428 made 6213 z8799 a great 1419 feast 4960 unto all x3605 his princes 8269 and his servants, 5650 [even] x853 Esther's 635 feast; 4960 and he made 6213 z8804 a release 2010 to the provinces, 4082 and gave 5414 z8799 gifts, 4864 according to the state 3027 of the king. 4428

 2:19 And when the virgins 1330 were gathered together 6908 z8736 the second time, 8145 then Mordecai 4782 sat 3427 z8802 in the king's 4428 gate. 8179

 2:20 Esther 635 had not x369 [yet] shewed 5046 z8688 her kindred 4138 nor her people; 5971 as x834 Mordecai 4782 had charged 6680 z8765 her: x5921 for Esther 635 did 6213 z8802 the commandment 3982 of Mordecai, 4782 like as x834 when she was x1961 brought up 545 with x854 him.

 2:21 ¶ In those x1992 days, 3117 while Mordecai 4782 sat 3427 z8802 in the king's 4428 gate, 8179 two 8147 of the king's 4428 chamberlains, 5631 Bigthan 904 and Teresh, 8657 of those which kept 8104 z8802 x4480 the door, 5592 were wroth, 7107 z8804 and sought 1245 z8762 to lay 7971 z8800 hand 3027 on the king 4428 Ahasuerus. 325

 2:22 And the thing 1697 was known 3045 z8735 to Mordecai, 4782 who told 5046 z8686 [it] unto Esther 635 the queen; 4436 and Esther 635 certified 559 z8799 the king 4428 [thereof] in Mordecai's 4782 name. 8034

 2:23 And when inquisition y1245 z8792 was made x1245 of the matter, 1697 it was found out; 4672 z8735 therefore they were both 8147 hanged 8518 z8735 on x5921 a tree: 6086 and it was written 3789 z8735 in the book 5612 of the chronicles 1697 y3117 before 6440 the king. 4428