Esther 2:3-8

3and let the kingH4428 appointH6485 officersH6485 in all the provincesH4082 of his kingdomH4438, that they may gatherH6908 togetherH6908 all the fair youngH5291 virginsH1330 unto Shushan the palace, to the houseH1004 of the womenH802, unto the custody of HegaiH1896 the king’sH4428 chamberlain, keeperH8104 of the womenH802; and let their things for purification be givenH5414 them; 4and let the maiden that pleaseth the kingH4428 be queen instead of VashtiH2060. And the thingH1697 pleased the kingH4428; and he did soH3651.

5There was a certain JewH3064 in Shushan the palace, whose nameH8034 was MordecaiH4782, the sonH1121 of JairH2971, the sonH1121 of ShimeiH8096, the sonH1121 of KishH7027, a Benjamite, 6who had been carried away from JerusalemH3389 with the captives that had been carried away with JeconiahH3204 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, whom NebuchadnezzarH5019 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 had carried away. 7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, EstherH635, his uncle’sH1730 daughterH1323: for she had neither fatherH1 nor motherH517, and the maiden was fair and beautifulH3303; and when her fatherH1 and motherH517 wereH1961 dead, MordecaiH4782 tookH3947 her for his own daughterH1323.

8So it came to pass, when the king’sH4428 commandment and his decree wasH1961 heardH8085, and when manyH7227 maidens wereH1961 gatheredH6908 togetherH6908 unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of HegaiH1896, that EstherH635 wasH1961 takenH3947 into the king’sH4428 houseH1004, to the custody of HegaiH1896, keeperH8104 of the womenH802.