‏ Esther 1:2

sat.

2Sa 7:1; 1Ki 1:46; Da 4:4

Shushan.

2:3; 3:15; 4:16; 9:12-15; Ne 1:1; Da 8:2

‏ Esther 2:3

in all the provinces.

1:1,2

that they may gather.This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.

the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.

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Hegai. the king's chamberlain.{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

their things.

12-14; Isa 3:18-23

‏ Daniel 8:2

I saw in.

3; 7:2,15; Nu 12:6; Heb 1:1

Shushan.

Ne 1:1; Es 1:2; 2:8; 3:15; 7:6; 8:15; 9:11,15

province.

Ge 10:22; 14:1; Isa 21:2; Jer 25:25; 49:34-39; Eze 32:24

Ulai.

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