Esther 2:2-17 Then said the king's servants that ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:… In this chapter we find illustrated — I. PROVIDENCE. We must not judge the heathen court of Persia by our standard of morality. Rather let us see how God overrules all these arrangements for the accomplishment of His own purposes. II. ADOPTION. In ten thousand things the strongest and wisest of us is but a lonely orphan, needing some strong hand to protect us, the pity of some loving heart for our comfort. How blest is he who has learned to say, "Our Father." III. RECOMPENSE. Think of the joy of Mordecai as he sees his adopted daughter thus uplifted. (Mark Guy Pearse.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:WEB: Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king. |
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