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Perhaps the king could choose certain people in all the royal provinces to lead the search. They could bring all the beautiful young women together to the city of Susa, to the women's house, under the care of the king's eunuch in charge of the women, and supply them with bath oils and anything else they might need.
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Perhaps the young woman who pleases you the most could take Vashti's place as queen." The king liked the plan and put it in place.
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Now there was a Jew in Susa whose name was Mordecai, Jair's son. He came from the family line of Shimei and Kish; he was a Benjaminite.
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He had been taken into exile away from Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
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Mordecai had a foster child named Esther, a daughter of his uncle Aminadab. When her pares died, Mordecai had taken her and raised her to become his wife. The girl was lovely to look at.