New American Standard Bible 2020

Esther 2:15-20

15Now when the turn of Esther, 1the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what 2Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the women, 3advised. And Esther was finding favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

17The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the virgins, so that 4he set the royal turban on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti. 18Then 5the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and his servants; he also made a holiday for the provinces and gave gifts 6in proportion to the king’s bounty.

19 7Now when the virgins were gathered together for the second time, then Mordecai 8was sitting at the king’s gate. 20 9Esther still had not revealed her relatives or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her; for Esther did 10what Mordecai told her just as she had 11when under his care.

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1. Esther 2:15 Esth 2:7; 9:29 ↩
2. Esther 2:15 Esth 2:3, 8 ↩
3. Esther 2:15 Lit said ↩
4. Esther 2:17 Esth 1:11 ↩
5. Esther 2:18 Esth 1:3 ↩
6. Esther 2:18 Esth 1:7 ↩
7. Esther 2:19 Esth 2:3, 4 ↩
8. Esther 2:19 Esth 2:21; 3:2 ↩
9. Esther 2:20 Esth 2:10 ↩
10. Esther 2:20 Lit the command of Mordecai ↩
11. Esther 2:20 Esth 2:7 ↩

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