² Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king;

² Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman, a virgin, be sought for our lord the king, and let her ^[a]stand before the king, and let her care for him; and let her lie in your bosom, that our lord the king may be warm.”

¹⁴ While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to ^(A)the banquet which Esther had prepared.

¹⁴ those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the ^(A)seven princes of Persia and Media, ^(B)who had access to the king’s presence, and who ^[a]ranked highest in the kingdom):

¹⁰ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, ^(A)Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,