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 said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: 3and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that young virgins unto Shushan the palace, they may gather together all the fair to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: and let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so. 5There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; 6who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar he 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

• letכֵּןkên · rightH3651
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• insteadתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478
• Vashtiוַשְׁתִּיvashtîy · VashtiH2060
• thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• pleasedיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

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 chosen.
• Esther 1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
• Esther 3:9If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.
• 2 Samuel 13:4And he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.
• 2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
• 2 Samuel 17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
• Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, 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