Esther 2:17

And the king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins: and he put on her the queen's crown.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

In Context

16So Esther went in to king Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign.

18And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.

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Cross References

Esther 1:11to bring in the queen to him, to + 1:11 Gr. to make her queen. enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to show her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations: for she was beautiful.

Psalms 75:6At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, the riders on horses slumbered. 1

Proverbs 21:1As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it wherever he may desire to point out.

Matthew Henry on Esther 2:2-21

Esther's Advancement; Esther Chosen Queen. ( b. c. 514.) 1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of… Read the whole commentary →

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