Esther 2:4

And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

In Context

3And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women's apartment, and let them be consigned to the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.

5Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochaeus, the son of Jairus, the son of Semeias, the son of Cisaeus, of the tribe of Benjamin;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 13:4And he said to him, What ails you that you are thus weak? O son of the king, morning by morning? + 13:4 Gr. do. will you not tell me? and Ammon said, I love Themar the sister of my brother Abessalom.

2 Samuel 17:4And the saying was right in the eyes of Abessalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

Esther 3:9If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.

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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