Esther 2:4

Esther 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
• New International Version (NIV)Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This pleased the king, and he did so.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king, and he did so.

Context of Esther 2:4

2Then the king’s attendants, who served him, said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king. 3Let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given them. Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti.” And the matter pleased the king, and he did accordingly. 5Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite, 6who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been exiled with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled.

Esther 2:4 word by word

וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּיטַב֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ תִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּ֣חַת וַשְׁתִּ֑י וַיִּיטַ֧ב הַדָּבָ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כֵּֽן׃ סRead the interlinear

• Then let the youngנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• pleasesיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
• pleasesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• be queenמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• in placeתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478
• of Vashtiוַשְׁתִּיvashtîy · VashtiH2060
• And the matterדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• and he didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• accordinglyכֵּןkên · soH3651

Cross-references for Esther 2:4

• Matthew 20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last.”
• Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
• Esther 1:21This word pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.
• Esther 3:9If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”
• 2 Samuel 13:4He said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Then Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”
• 2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”
• 2 Samuel 17:4So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
• Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

Commentaries on Esther 2:4

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201-3. After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased--On recovering from the violent excitement of his revelry and rage, the king was pierced with poignant regret for the unmerited treatment he had given to his beautiful and dignified queen. But, according to the law, which made the word of a Persian king irrevocable, she could not be restored. His counsellors, for their own sake, were solicitous to remove his disquietude, and hastened…Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 2:4

• Chamberlain
• Marriage
• Persia
• Vashti

In the dictionaries

• Vashti
• Esther, Book of
• Maid; Maiden

Commentaries on Esther 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings