Esther Becomes Queen

¹⁷ The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the virgins, so that ^(A)he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

^20 (A)Esther had not yet made known her kindred or her people, even as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther did ^[a]what Mordecai told her as she had done ^(B)when under his care.