Esther 2:12-18

12Now when every maid’sH5291 turnH8447 had comeH5060 to go inH935 to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325, afterH7093 that she had been twelveH8147H6240 monthsH2320, according to the lawH1881 for the womenH802, (for so were the daysH3117 of their purificationsH4795 accomplishedH4390, that is, 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 to the kingH4428; whatever she desiredH559 was givenH5414 her to goH935 with her out of the houseH1004 of the womenH802 to the king’sH4428 houseH1004.

14In the eveningH6153 she wentH935, and on the next morningH1242 she returnedH7725 into the secondH8145 houseH1004 of the womenH802, to the custodyH3027 of ShaashgazH8190, the king’sH4428 chamberlainH5631, who keptH8104 the concubinesH6370: she came inH935 to the kingH4428 no more, except that the kingH4428 delightedH2654 in her, and she was calledH7121 by nameH8034.

15Now when the turnH8447 of EstherH635, the daughterH1323 of AbihailH32 the uncleH1730 of MordecaiH4782, who had takenH3947 her for his daughterH1323, had comeH5060 to go inH935 to the kingH4428, she requiredH1245 nothingH1697 but what HegaiH1896 the king’sH4428 chamberlainH5631, the keeperH8104 of the womenH802, appointedH559. And EstherH635 obtainedH5375 favourH2580 in the sightH5869 of all them that lookedH7200 upon her.

16So EstherH635 was takenH3947 to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 into his houseH1004 royalH4438 in the tenthH6224 monthH2320, which is the monthH2320 TebethH2887, in the seventhH7651 yearH8141 of his reignH4438.

17And the kingH4428 lovedH157 EstherH635 above all the womenH802, and she obtainedH5375 graceH2580 and favourH2617 in his sightH6440 more than all the virginsH1330; so that he setH7760 the royalH4438 crownH3804 upon her headH7218, and made her queenH4427 instead of VashtiH2060.12

18Then the kingH4428 madeH6213 a greatH1419 feastH4960 to all his princesH8269 and his servantsH5650, even Esther’sH635 feastH4960; and he madeH6213 a releaseH2010 to the provincesH4082, and gaveH5414 giftsH4864, according to the bountyH3027 of the kingH4428.3