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Chapter 2
After
these
things,
when
the
wrath
of
king
Ahasuerus
was
appeased,
hee
remembred
Uasthi,
and
what
shee
had
done,
and
what
was
decreed
against
her.
2
Then
saide
the
kings
seruants,
that
ministred
vnto
him,
Let
there
bee
faire
yong
virgins
sought
for
the
king:
3
And
let
the
king
appoint
officers
in
all
the
prouinces
of
his
kingdome,
that
they
may
gather
together
all
the
faire
yong
virgins
vnto
Shushan
the
palace,
to
the
house
of
the
women
vnto
the
custodie
of
Hege
the
kings
chamberlaine,
keeper
of
the
women,
and
let
their
things
for
purification
bee
giuen
them:
4
And
let
the
maiden
which
pleaseth
the
king,
bee
Queene
in
stead
of
Uasthi.
And
the
thing
pleased
the
king,
and
he
did
so.
5
Now
in
Shushan
the
palace,
there
was
a
certaine
Iew,
whose
name
was
Mordecai,
the
sonne
of
Iair,
the
sonne
of
Shimei,
the
sonne
of
Kish,
a
Beniamite,
6
Who
had
bene
caried
away
from
Ierusalem,
with
the
captiuitie
which
had
bene
caried
away
with
Ieconiah
king
of
Iudah,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the
King
of
Babylon
had
caried
away.
7
And
hee
brought
vp
Hadassah
(that
is
Esther)
his
vncles
daughter,
for
she
had
neither
father
nor
mother,
and
the
maid
was
faire
and
beautiful,
whom
Mordecai
(when
her
father
and
mother
were
dead)
tooke
for
his
owne
daughter.
8
So
it
came
to
passe,
when
the
kings
commandement
and
his
decree
was
heard,
and
when
many
maidens
were
gathered
together
vnto
Shushan
the
palace,
to
the
custodie
of
Hegai,
that
Esther
was
brought
also
vnto
the
kings
house,
to
the
custodie
of
Hegai,
keeper
of
the
women.
9
And
the
maiden
pleased
him,
and
she
obtained
kindnesse
of
him,
and
hee
speedily
gaue
her
her
things
for
purification,
with
such
things
as
belonged
to
her,
and
seuen
maidens,
which
were
meet
to
be
giuen
her,
out
of
the
Kings
house,
and
hee
preferred
her
and
her
maids,
vnto
the
best
place
of
the
house
of
the
women.
10
Esther
had
not
shewed
her
people,
nor
her
kinred:
for
Mordecai
had
charged
her,
that
she
should
not
shew
it.
11
And
Mordecai
walked
euery
day
before
the
court
of
the
womens
house,
to
know
how
Esther
did,
and
what
should
become
of
her.
12
Now
when
euery
maids
turne
was
come,
to
goe
in
to
King
Ahasnerus,
after
that
shee
had
bene
twelue
moneths,
according
to
the
maner
of
the
women
(for
so
were
the
dayes
of
their
purifications
accomplished,
to
wit,
sixe
moneths
with
oile
of
myrrhe,
and
sixe
moneths
with
sweet
odours,
and
with
other
things
for
the
purifying
of
the
women.)
13
Then
thus
came
euery
maiden
vnto
the
king,
whatsoeuer
she
desired,
was
giuen
her,
to
goe
with
her
out
of
the
house
of
the
women,
vnto
the
kings
house.
14
In
the
euening
she
went,
and
on
the
morrowe
she
returned
into
the
second
house
of
the
women,
to
the
custodie
of
Shaashgaz
the
kings
chamberlen,
which
kept
the
concubines:
shee
came
in
vnto
the
king
no
more,
except
the
king
delighted
in
her,
and
that
shee
were
called
by
name.
15
Now
when
the
turne
of
Esther,
the
daughter
of
Abihail,
the
vncle
of
Mordecai
(who
had
taken
her
for
his
daughter)
was
come,
to
goe
in
vnto
the
king:
she
required
nothing,
but
what
Hegai
the
kings
chamberlen
the
keeper
of
the
women,
appointed:
And
Esther
obtained
fauour
in
the
sight
of
all
them
that
looked
vpon
her.
16
So
Esther
was
taken
vnto
king
Ahasuerus,
into
his
house
royall,
in
the
tenth
moneth
(which
is
the
moneth
Tebeth)
in
the
seuenth
yeere
of
his
reigne.
17
And
the
king
loued
Esther
aboue
all
the
women,
and
she
obtained
grace
and
fauour
in
his
sight,
more
then
all
the
virgins;
so
that
hee
set
the
royall
crowne
vpon
her
head,
and
made
her
queene,
in
stead
of
Uasthi.
18
Then
the
king
made
a
great
feast
vnto
all
his
princes
and
his
seruants,
euen
Esthers
feast,
and
hee
made
a
release
to
the
prouinces,
and
gaue
gifts,
according
to
the
state
of
the
king.
19
And
when
the
virgins
were
gathered
together
the
second
time,
then
Mordecai
sate
in
the
kings
gate.
20
Esther
had
not
yet
shewed
her
kindred,
nor
her
people,
as
Mordecai
had
charged
her:
For
Esther
did
the
commandement
of
Mordecai,
like
as
when
she
was
brought
vp
with
him.
21
In
those
dayes,
(while
Mordecai
sate
in
the
kings
gate)
two
of
the
kings
chamberlens,
Bigthan
and
Teresh,
of
those
which
kept
the
doore,
were
wroth,
and
sought
to
lay
hand
on
the
king
Ahasuerus:
22
And
the
thing
was
knowen
to
Mordecai,
who
told
it
vnto
Esther
the
Queene,
and
Esther
certified
the
king
thereof,
in
Mordecais
name.
23
And
when
inquisition
was
made
of
the
matter,
it
was
found
out;
therfore
they
were
both
hanged
on
a
tree:
and
it
was
written
in
the
booke
of
the
chronicles
before
the
king.
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