Esther 1:2
sat.2Sa 7:1; 1Ki 1:46; Da 4:4Shushan.2:3; 3:15; 4:16; 9:12-15; Ne 1:1; Da 8:2Esther 2:3
in all the provinces.1:1,2that 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.8Hegai. the king's chamberlain.{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac. their things.12-14; Isa 3:18-23Daniel 8:2
I saw in.3; 7:2,15; Nu 12:6; Heb 1:1Shushan.Ne 1:1; Es 1:2; 2:8; 3:15; 7:6; 8:15; 9:11,15province.Ge 10:22; 14:1; Isa 21:2; Jer 25:25; 49:34-39; Eze 32:24Ulai.16
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