⁹ Esther ·pleased [impressed; ^Lwas good in his eyes] Hegai, and ·he liked her [^Lfound favor with him]. So Hegai quickly began giving Esther her ·beauty treatments [cosmetics; ^Lointments] and special food. He gave her seven ·servant girls [maids; attendants] chosen from the king’s ·palace [^Lhouse]. Then he ·moved [transferred] her and her ·seven servant girls [maids; attendants] to the best part of the ·women’s quarters [harem; ^Lhouse of the women].

¹⁰ Esther did not tell anyone about her ·family [people; nationality] or ·who her people were [her kindred/lineage], because Mordecai had ·told [instructed] her not to. ¹¹ Every day Mordecai walked back and forth ·near [in front of] the courtyard ·where the king’s women lived [of the harem] to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.