King James Version
What Does Esther 2:6 Mean?
“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”
Context
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And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
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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;
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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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And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful ; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. brought: Heb. nourished fair: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance
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So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **Who had been** **. . .**—The antecedent is obviously Kish, though as far as the mere grammar goes it might have been Mordecai.
**Jeconiah.**—That is, Jehoiachin. (See 2Kings 24:12-16.)
**Nebuchadnezzar** **. . .** **had carried away.**—This was in 598 B.C., 117 years before this time, so that the four generations are readily accounted for.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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