Est 2:3 | NETfull | STEP | And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem under the authority of Hegai, the king’s eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire.

Esther 2:3

3 And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem ^{▼▼ Heb “the house of the women” (so KJV, ASV). So also in vv. 9, 11, 13, and 14.} under the authority of Hegai, the king’s eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire. ^{▼▼ Heb “their ointments”; cf. NIV, CEV, NLT “beauty treatments.”}