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 Living Translation (NLT)After that, the young woman who most pleases the king will be made queen instead of Vashti.” This advice was very appealing to the king, so he put the plan into effect.

Context of Esther 2:4

2Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king; 3and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the citadel, into the women’s quarters, under the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them. Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king, and he did so. 5In Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite. 6Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

Esther 2:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And let the maidenנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• which pleasethעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• which pleasethיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• be queenמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• instead of Vashtiוַשְׁתִּיvashtîy · VashtiH2060
• And the thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• and he did soעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Esther 2:4

• Matthew 20:16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
• Matthew 22:14“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
• Esther 1:21And the reply pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
• Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let a decree be written that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who do the work, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
• 2 Samuel 13:4And he said to him, “Why are you, the king’s son, becoming thinner day after day? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
• 2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”
• 2 Samuel 17:4And the saying pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
• Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, 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