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Esther 1:2
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Esther 1:2
English Standard Version Anglicised
2 in those days when King Ahasuerus (A)sat on his royal throne in (B)Susa, the capital,[a]
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- Esther 1:2 Or the fortified city
Esther 1:2
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Esther 1:2
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2 At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,(A)
Esther 1:5
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Esther 1:5
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5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa, the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of (A)the garden of the king's palace.
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Esther 1:5
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Esther 1:5
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5 When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days,(A) in the enclosed garden(B) of the king’s palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest who were in the citadel of Susa.
Esther 2:3
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Esther 2:3
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3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the capital, under custody of (A)Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. (B)Let their cosmetics be given to them.
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Esther 2:3
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Esther 2:3
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3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.
Esther 2:5
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Esther 2:5
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5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was (A)Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
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Esther 2:5
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Esther 2:5
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5 Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish,(A)
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