Esther 2:16
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16 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
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Esther 8:9
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9 (A)So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces (B)from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province (C)in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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Esther 2:3
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3 and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to [a]Shushan the [b]citadel, into the women’s quarters, under the custody of [c]Hegai the king’s eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them.
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- Esther 2:3 Or Susa
- Esther 2:3 palace
- Esther 2:3 Heb. Hege
Esther 2:1
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Esther Becomes Queen
2 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti, (A)what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
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Ezra 7:8
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8 And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
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