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Esther 2:9-11
New English Translation

9 This young woman pleased him,[a] and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen[b] young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.[c]

10 Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage,[d] for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.[e] 11 And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing[f] and what might happen to her.

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  1. Esther 2:9 tn Heb “was good in his eyes”; NLT “Hegai was very impressed with Esther.”
  2. Esther 2:9 tn Heb “being looked at (with favor).”
  3. Esther 2:9 tn Heb “of the house of the women” (so KJV, ASV). So also in vv. 11, 13, 14.
  4. Esther 2:10 tn Cf. v. 20, where the same phrase occurs but with the word order reversed.
  5. Esther 2:10 tn Heb “that she not tell” (NRSV similar); NASB “that she should not make them known.”
  6. Esther 2:11 tn Heb “to know the peace of Esther.”
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