King James Version
Esther 2:4 in the King James Version says “And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.” — study this verse from Esther chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.”
Esther 2:4 · KJV
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
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 Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: unto the: Heb. unto the hand Hege: or, Hegai
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. Jeconiah: or, Jehoiachin
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who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“pleased”
H3190to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“pleased”
H3190to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
“And the thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
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