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Esther 2:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Esther 2:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 In the fortress of Susa, there was a Jewish man named Mordecai(A) son of Jair, son of Shimei,(B) son of Kish,(C) a Benjaminite. 6 He had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the other captives when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took King Jeconiah[a] of Judah into exile.(D) 7 Mordecai was the legal guardian of his cousin[b] Hadassah (that is, Esther), because she didn’t have a father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was extremely good-looking. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter.(E)
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- Esther 2:6 = Jehoiachin in 2Kg 24; 25:27; 1Ch 3:16-17
- Esther 2:7 Lit uncle’s daughter
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