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Esther 2:4-6
New International Version - UK
Esther 2:4-6
New International Version - UK
4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.’ This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.
5 Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, 6 who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin[a] king of Judah.
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- Esther 2:6 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
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