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

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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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:2 Or serve

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.

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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):

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:14 Lit. sat in first place

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,

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14 So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.

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