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Esther 2:4-6
English Standard Version
Esther 2:4-6
English Standard Version
4 And let the young woman who pleases the king[a] be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.
5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was (A)Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 (B)who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away.
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- Esther 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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