Est 2:3-4 | TSK | e4.org | in all the provinces that they may gather This was the usual way in which the harem, or seraglio , was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit. the custody Heb. the hand Hege , Hegai the king's chamberlain Saris hammelech , "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX, Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac. their things ;

‏ Esther 2:3-4

in all the provinces Esth 1:1-2

that they may gather This was the usual way in which the harem, or seraglio, was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.

the custody Heb. the hand

Hege Esth 2:8, Hegai

the king's chamberlain Saris hammelech, "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX, Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

their things Esth 2:12-14; Isa 3:18-23

let the maiden Matt 20:16, Matt 22:14

the thing Esth 1:21, Esth 3:9-10; 2Sam 13:4-6, 2Sam 16:21-23, 2Sam 17:4; Matt 14:6