Esther 2:4-6

New Century Version

⁴ Then let the girl who most pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” The king liked this idea, so he did as they said.

⁵ Now there was a Jewish man in the palace of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair. Jair was the son of Shimei, the son of Kish. Mordecai was from the tribe of Benjamin, ⁶ which had been taken captive from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. They were part of the group taken into captivity with Jehoiachin king of Judah.