Ester 2:14-16
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14 Iba al palacio real por la noche, y a la mañana siguiente pasaba a otra sección del palacio de las mujeres, que estaba al cuidado de Saasgaz, hombre de confianza del rey y guardián de las concubinas; después de eso no volvía a presentarse ante el rey, a menos que a éste le hubiera agradado y la mandara llamar.
15 Cuando a Ester, hija de Abihail, tío de Mardoqueo, le tocó presentarse ante el rey, sólo llevó lo que le había indicado Hegai, hombre de confianza del rey y guardián de las mujeres. Para entonces, Ester se había ganado ya la simpatía de todos los que la trataban. 16 Ester fue llevada al palacio real para presentarse ante el rey Asuero, en el mes décimo, también llamado Tébet, del séptimo año de su reinado.
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Esther 2:14-16
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
14 In the evening she went in; then in the morning she came back to the second harem in the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines; she did not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.
15 When the turn came for Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had adopted her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was admired by all who saw her. 16 When Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign,
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