Esther 2:15 Cross References - LEB

¹⁵ When the turn came near for Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as a daughter, to go to the king, she did not ask anything except what Hegai the eunuch of the king who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther carried favor in the eyes of everyone that saw her.

³ Let the king appoint chief officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them gather every attractive young virgin to the _⌊harem_⌋* in the citadel of Susa _⌊under the care of_⌋* Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let him give them their beauty treatment.

⁷ He* was raising Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter,* for she did not have a father or a mother; the young woman had a beautiful figure and was very attractive. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had taken her as his daughter. ⁸ And it happened, at the proclaiming of the edict of the king and his law, when many young women were being gathered to the citadel of Susa _⌊under Hegai's care_⌋,* Esther was taken to the _⌊king's palace_⌋* _⌊under the care of_⌋* Hegai who was in charge of the women.

²⁹ So Queen Esther the daughter of Abihail and Mordecai the Jew wrote in full authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

⁹ My dove, _⌊she is the one_⌋;** my perfect, _⌊she is the only one_⌋;** she is _⌊the favorite of_⌋** her mother who bore her. Maidens see her and consider her fortunate;* queens and concubines praise her:

¹⁰ I was a wall, and my breasts were like the towers, _⌊so my betrothed viewed me with great delight_⌋.*

¹⁰ and rescued him from all his afflictions and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him ruler over Egypt and all* his household.