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 the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let a search be made on the king’s behalf for beautiful young virgins. 3Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the palace at Shushan in the house of women under the supervision of Hegai the king’s eunuch, who oversees the women. Let them be given beauty treatments. Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen instead of Vashti.” This advice pleased the king and he acted accordingly. 5There was a Jewish man in the Shushan palace whose name was Mordecai, son of Jair son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite, 6who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives that had been carried away with King Jeconiah of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken away.

Esther 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 the last will be first, and the first last.”
• Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
• Esther 1:21The matter pleased the king and the princes. So the king did according to the word of Memucan.
• Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let an edict be written to destroy them. I will pay 10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out this business, to put it into the king’s treasuries.”
• 2 Samuel 13:4So he said to him, “Why are you, the king’s son, so miserable morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon told him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
• 2 Samuel 16:21So Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go to your father’s concubines whom he has left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself abhorrent to your father and the hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”
• 2 Samuel 17:4Now the plan seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
• Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them 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