After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
(Esther 2:1)Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
(Esther 2:2)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:
(Esther 2:3)And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Now 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;
(Esther 2:5)Who 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 2:6)And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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Esther 2:4 - Cross Reference
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
(Esther 3:9)And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
(2 Samuel 13:4)And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
(Esther 1:21)But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
(Matthew 14:6)And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
(2 Samuel 17:4)So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
(Matthew 20:16)And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
(2 Samuel 16:21)