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Esther 2:4
4After 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.
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
2So his personal attendants suggested, “Let us search the empire to find beautiful young virgins for the king. 3Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at the fortress of Susa. Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the harem, will see that they are all given beauty treatments. 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. 5At that time there was a Jewish man in the fortress of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair. He was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei. 6His family had been among those who, with King Jehoiachin of Judah, had been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.
Read all of Esther 2Esther 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 20:16“So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”
- Matthew 22:14“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- Esther 1:21The king and his nobles thought this made good sense, so he followed Memucan’s counsel.
- Esther 3:9If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks of silver to the government administrators to be deposited in the royal treasury.”
- 2 Samuel 13:4One day Jonadab said to Amnon, “What’s the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?” So Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
- 2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel told him, “Go and sleep with your father’s concubines, for he has left them here to look after the palace. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted your father beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will throw their support to you.”
- 2 Samuel 17:4This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.
- Matthew 14:6But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodias’s daughter performed a dance that greatly pleased him,
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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
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