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Esther 2:5-7
International Standard Version
Esther 2:5-7
International Standard Version
Esther’s Background
5 In Susa the capital there was a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin, Jair’s son Mordecai, who was a descendant of Kish’s son Shimei the descendant of Benjamin. 6 He had been taken into captivity from Jerusalem along with the exiles who had been deported with Jeconiah, king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon had taken into exile.[a] 7 Mordecai[b] had raised his cousin[c] Hadassah, or Esther,[d] because she had no father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was very attractive. After her mother and father died, Mordecai had taken her as his daughter.
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- Esther 2:6 This deportation took place in 597 B.C.
- Esther 2:7 Lit. He
- Esther 2:7 Lit. his uncle’s daughter
- Esther 2:7 The Heb. name Hadassah means Myrtle; The Persian name Esther means Star
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