Esther 2:8-14

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. 9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gaveH5414 her her things for purification, with her portionsH4490, and the sevenH7651 maidens who were meet to be givenH5414 her out of the king’sH4428 houseH1004: and he removed her and her maidens to the bestH2896 place of the houseH1004 of the womenH802. 10EstherH635 had not made known her peopleH5971 nor her kindredH4138; for MordecaiH4782 had charged her that she should not make it known. 11And MordecaiH4782 walkedH1980 every dayH3117 before the courtH2691 of the women’s houseH1004, to knowH3045 howH4100 EstherH635 did, and what would become of her.

12Now when the turn of every maiden wasH1961 comeH935 to goH935 in to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325, after that it had beenH1961 done to her according to the lawH1881 for the womenH802 twelve monthsH2320 (for soH3651 wereH1961 the daysH3117 of their purifications accomplished, to wit, sixH8337 monthsH2320 with oilH8081 of myrrhH4753, and sixH8337 monthsH2320 with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the womenH802), 13then in this wise cameH935 the maiden unto the kingH4428: Whatsoever she desired was givenH5414 her to goH935 with her out of the houseH1004 of the womenH802 unto the king’sH4428 houseH1004. 14In the eveningH6153 she wentH935, and on the morrow she returnedH7725 into the secondH8145 houseH1004 of the womenH802, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’sH4428 chamberlain, who keptH8104 the concubinesH6370: she cameH935 in unto the kingH4428 no more, except the kingH4428 delighted in her, and she were calledH7121 by nameH8034.