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Esther 2:4-6
Evangelical Heritage Version
Esther 2:4-6
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 The young woman who pleases the king should be queen instead of Vashti.” The king agreed and implemented the plan.
5 In the citadel at Susa there was a Jew named Mordecai, who was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish the Benjaminite. 6 Kish had been taken from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon with the other captives who were exiled with Jeconiah king of Judah.[a]
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- Esther 2:6 This occurred in 597 bc. Jeconiah was also called Jehoiachin.
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