1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Esther 2

1 Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen. 5 Mordecai the nursing father of Esther. 8 Esther is preferred by Hegai before the rest. 12 The manner of purification, and going in to the king. 15 Esther best pleasing the king is made queen. 21 Mordecai discovering a treason is recorded in the chronicles.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:1 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:1 Study Bible Notes 2:1 ¶ After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:2 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:2 Study Bible Notes 2:2 Then said the young men of the king, who waited upon him,—Let them seek out for the king young virgins, of pleasing appearance;

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:3 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:3 Study Bible Notes 2:3 and let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them gather together every young virgin of pleasing appearance unto Shusan the palace, unto the house of the women, into the custody of Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and let there be given the things needed for their purification;

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:4 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:4 Study Bible Notes 2:4 and, the maiden that is pleasing in the eyes of the king, let her be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing seemed good in the eyes of the king, and he did so.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:5 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:5 Study Bible Notes 2:5 A certain Jew, there was, in Shusan the palace,—whose, name, was Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a man of Benjamin;

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:6 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:6 Study Bible Notes 2:6 who had been exiled from Jerusalem, with the exiles who were carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah,—whom, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, exiled.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:7 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:7 Study Bible Notes 2:7 And it came to pass, that he was bringing up Hadassah, the same, was Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had neither father nor mother,—and, the maiden, was of beautiful form and pleasing appearance, and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:8 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:8 Study Bible Notes 2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's command and decree was heard, and there had been gathered together many maidens unto Shusan the palace, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the house of the king, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women;

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:9 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:9 Study Bible Notes 2:9 and the maiden was pleasing in his eyes, and she received lovingkindness before him, and he hastened to give her, the things needed for her purification, and things apportioned her, and to give her, seven select maidens, out of the house of the king,—and he removed her and her maidens to the best place in the house of the women.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:10 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:10 Study Bible Notes 2:10 Esther had not told of her people, nor of her kindred,—for, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her, that she should not tell.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:11 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:11 Study Bible Notes 2:11 And, throughout every day, Mordecai, used to walk to and fro, before the court of the house of the women,—to get to know the welfare of Esther, and what would be done with her.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:12 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:12 Study Bible Notes 2:12 Now, when the turn of each maiden came, to go in unto King Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her according to the law of the women for twelve months, for, so, were filled the days of their purification,—six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes, and with things for the purification of the women,

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:13 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:13 Study Bible Notes 2:13 then, indeed, the maiden came in unto the king,—whatsoever she might mention, was given her, to go with her, out of the house of the women up to the house of the king:

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:14 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:14 Study Bible Notes 2:14 in the evening, she went in, and, in the morning, she returned—unto the second house of the women, unto the custody of Shaashgaz the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines,—she went not in again unto the king, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:15 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:15 Study Bible Notes 2:15 But, when the turn came for Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai—who had taken her as his own daughter—to go in unto the king, she requested nothing, save what Hegai the king's eunuch who kept the women might direct,—but so it was, that Esther obtained favour in the eyes of all who beheld her.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:16 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:16 Study Bible Notes 2:16 So then Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, the same, was the month Tebeth,—in the seventh year of his reign.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:17 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:17 Study Bible Notes 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favour and lovingkindness before him, above all the virgins,—so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen, instead of Vashti.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:18 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:18 Study Bible Notes 2:18 Then the king made a great banquet, for all his rulers and his servants, the banquet of Esther,—and, a remission, for all the provinces, made he, and gave a present, according to the bounty of a king.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:19 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:19 Study Bible Notes 2:19 Now, when virgins were gathered together second time, then, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:20 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:20 Study Bible Notes 2:20 Esther had not told of her kindred, nor her people, as, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her,—and, the command of Mordecai, Esther performed, like as when she was being brought up with him.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:21 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:21 Study Bible Notes 2:21 ¶ In those days, when, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king who guarded the threshold, were wroth, and sought to thrust a hand upon King Ahasuerus;

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:22 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:22 Study Bible Notes 2:22 but the thing became known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen,—and Esther told it unto the king, in the name of Mordecai.

Online Bible Translation Esther 2:23 EBR 1902 Rotherham's Emphasized BibleRead Comments for Esther 2:23 Study Bible Notes 2:23 And, when the thing was searched into and found [true], then were they two hanged upon the gallows, and it was written, in the book of the chronicles, before the king.

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