Esther 2
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Esther 2:5-7

5Now in ShushanH7800 the palaceH1002 there was a certainH376 JewH3064, whose nameH8034 was MordecaiH4782, the sonH1121 of JairH2971, the sonH1121 of ShimeiH8096, the sonH1121 of KishH7027, a BenjamiteH1145;

6Who had been carried awayH1540 from JerusalemH3389 with the captivesH1473 who had been carried awayH1540 with JeconiahH3204 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, whom NebuchadnezzarH5019 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 had carried awayH1540.1

7And he brought upH539 HadassahH1919, that is, EstherH635, his uncle’sH1730 daughterH1323: for she had neither fatherH1 nor motherH517, and the maidH5291 was fairH3303H8389 and beautifulH2896H4758; whom MordecaiH4782, when her fatherH1 and motherH517 were deadH4194, tookH3947 for his own daughterH1323.23

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 2:6 Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin ↩
  2. 2. Esther 2:7 brought...: Heb. nourished ↩
  3. 3. Esther 2:7 fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain