Esther 2:3-4
in all the provinces.1:1,2that 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.8Hegai. the king's chamberlain.{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac. their things.12-14; Isa 3:18-23 let the maiden.Mt 20:16; 22:14the thing.1:21; 3:9,10; 2Sa 13:4-6; 16:21-23; 17:4; Mt 14:6
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