² then I put ^(A)Hanani my brother, and ^(B)Hananiah the commander of ^(C)the citadel, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was ^(D)a faithful man and feared God more than many.

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 turban on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

⁷ And he was ^[a]preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to bend down and untie the straps of His sandals.

¹¹ Now these people were more noble-minded than those in ^(A)Thessalonica, ^[a]for they received the word with ^[b]great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

^21 (A)Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.