Esther 2:12

וּבְהַגִּיעַ תֹּר נַעֲרָה וְנַעֲרָה לָבוֹא ׀ אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ מִקֵּץ הֱיוֹת לָהּ כְּדָת הַנָּשִׁים שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ כִּי כֵּן יִמְלְאוּ יְמֵי מְרוּקֵיהֶן שִׁשָּׁה חֳדָשִׁים בְּשֶׁמֶן הַמֹּר וְשִׁשָּׁה חֳדָשִׁים בַּבְּשָׂמִים וּבְתַמְרוּקֵי הַנָּשִֽׁים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

In Context

11וּבְכָל ־ יוֹם וָיוֹם מָרְדֳּכַי מִתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵי חֲצַר בֵּית ־ הַנָּשִׁים לָדַעַת אֶת ־ שְׁלוֹם אֶסְתֵּר וּמַה ־ יֵּעָשֶׂה בָּֽהּ ׃

13וּבָזֶה הַֽנַּעֲרָה בָּאָה אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר יִנָּתֵֽן לָהּ לָבוֹא עִמָּהּ מִבֵּית הַנָּשִׁים עַד ־ בֵּית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:6מִי זֹאת עֹלָה מִן ־ הַמִּדְבָּר כְּתִֽימֲרוֹת עָשָׁן מְקֻטֶּרֶת מוֹר וּלְבוֹנָה מִכֹּל אַבְקַת רוֹכֵֽל ׃

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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