Esther 2:2
Verse 2 of 23. The 2nd of 10 chapters in Esther, in History.
1After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
4And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
Esther 2:2 in the World English Bible
Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.Read Esther 2:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Esther 2:2
How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he exalted one of low degree, as the virgin Mary observes in her song (Luke i. 52) and Hannah before her, 1 Sam. ii. 4-8. Vashti being humbled for her height, Esther is advanced for her humility. Observe,
Read Matthew Henry on Esther 2:1–20: Esther's Advancement; Esther Chosen Queen. (b. c. 514.)
Pray Esther 2:2 with someone reading it aloud.
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