Esther 2:8-14

8So it came to pass, when the king’sH4428 commandmentH1697 and his decreeH1881 was heardH8085, and when manyH7227 maidensH5291 were gathered togetherH6908 unto ShushanH7800 the palaceH1002, to the custodyH3027 of HegaiH1896, that EstherH635 was broughtH3947 also unto the king’sH4428 houseH1004, to the custodyH3027 of HegaiH1896, keeperH8104 of the womenH802. 9And the maidenH5291 pleasedH5869H3190 him, and she obtainedH5375 kindnessH2617 of himH6440; and he speedilyH926 gaveH5414 her her things for purificationH8562, with such things as belongedH4490 to her, and sevenH7651 maidensH5291, which were meetH7200 to be givenH5414 her, out of the king’sH4428 houseH1004: and he preferredH8138 her and her maidsH5291 unto the bestH2896 place of the houseH1004 of the womenH802.12 10EstherH635 had not shewedH5046 her peopleH5971 nor her kindredH4138: for MordecaiH4782 had chargedH6680 her that she should not shewH5046 it. 11And MordecaiH4782 walkedH1980 every dayH3117 beforeH6440 the courtH2691 of the women’sH802 houseH1004, to knowH3045 how EstherH635 didH7965, and what should becomeH6213 of her.3

12Now when every maid’sH5291 turnH8447 was comeH5060 to go inH935 to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325, afterH7093 that she had been twelveH6240H8147 monthsH2320, according to the mannerH1881 of the womenH802, (for so were the daysH3117 of their purificationsH4795 accomplishedH4390, to wit, sixH8337 monthsH2320 with oilH8081 of myrrhH4753, and sixH8337 monthsH2320 with sweet odoursH1314, and with other things for the purifyingH8562 of the womenH802;) 13Then thus cameH935 every maidenH5291 unto the kingH4428; whatsoever she desiredH559 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 morrowH1242 she returnedH7725 into the secondH8145 houseH1004 of the womenH802, to the custodyH3027 of ShaashgazH8190, the king’sH4428 chamberlainH5631, which keptH8104 the concubinesH6370: she came inH935 unto the kingH4428 no more, except the kingH4428 delightedH2654 in her, and that she were calledH7121 by nameH8034.