Esther 2:3-5

Legacy Standard Bible

³ And let the king appoint overseers in ^(A)all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every young virgin, beautiful in appearance, to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the hand of ^(B)Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who keeps charge of the women; and ^(C)let their cosmetics be given to them. ⁴ Then let the young lady who is good in the eyes of the king be queen in place of Vashti.” And the word was good in the eyes of the king, and he did so.

⁵ Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew. And his name was ^(D)Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,