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Esther 2:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Esther 2:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai, son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish. 6 He had been carted off into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jeconiah, king of Judah. 7 Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah,[a] whom he had brought up because she had lost her father and mother. She was also known as Esther and was a beautiful young woman. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter after her father and mother had died.
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- Esther 2:7 Hadassah: in Hebrew signifies “myrtle”; Esther in Persian signifies “star” and is associated with the Babylonian goddess “Ishtar.”