and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch in charge of the women, and give them the required beauty treatments. People Abihail, Ahasuerus, Benjamin, Bigthan, Bigthana, Esther, Hadassah, Hegai, Hege, Jair, Jeconiah, Jehoiachin, Kish, Mordecai, Nebuchadnezzar, Shaashgaz, Shimei, Teresh, VashtiPlaces Babylon, Jerusalem, Media, SusaTopics Appearance, Appoint, Authority, Beautiful, Beauty, Bring, Capital, Care, Castle, Chamberlain, Charge, Citadel, Clean, Collect, Commissioners, Cosmetics, Countenance, Custody, Divisions, Eunuch, Fair, Fortress, Gather, Girls, Harem, Hegai, Hege, Inspectors, Keeper, Kingdom, King's, Making, Needed, Officers, Ointments, Overseers, Palace, Placed, Province, Provinces, Purification, Purifications, Realm, Servant, Shushan, Susa, Town, Treatments, Virgin, Virgins, Women, Women'sOutline 1. Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen.5. Mordecai the nursing father of Esther.8. Esther preferred before the rest.12. The manner of purification, and going in to the king.15. Esther, best pleasing the king, is made queen.21. Mordecai, discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles.Jump to Previous Appoint Beautiful Chamberlain Citadel Cosmetics Custody Eunuch Fair Gather Hegai House Keeper Kingdom King's Officers Palace Provinces Shushan Susa Together Virgins Women Women's YoungJump to Next Appoint Beautiful Chamberlain Citadel Cosmetics Custody Eunuch Fair Gather Hegai House Keeper Kingdom King's Officers Palace Provinces Shushan Susa Together Virgins Women Women's YoungLibrary Adoption
'As many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.' John 1:12. Having spoken of the great points of faith and justification, we come next to adoption. The qualification of the persons is, As many as received him.' Receiving is put for believing, as is clear by the last words, to them that believe in his name.' The specification of the privilege is, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.' The Greek word for power, exousia, signifies …
Thomas Watson—A Body of DivinityEsther
The spirit of the book of Esther is anything but attractive. It is never quoted or referred to by Jesus or His apostles, and it is a satisfaction to think that in very early times, and even among Jewish scholars, its right to a place in the canon was hotly contested. Its aggressive fanaticism and fierce hatred of all that lay outside of Judaism were felt by the finer spirits to be false to the more generous instincts that lay at the heart of the Hebrew religion; but by virtue of its very intensity …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Parallel Verses NASB: "Let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given them.KJV: And 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:
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