Esther 2:8

Overview - Esther 2
1	Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen.
5	Mordecai the nursing father of Esther.
8	Esther preferred before the rest.
12	The manner of purification, and going in to the king.
15	Esther best pleasing the king, is made queen.
21	Mordecai discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles.

Esther 2:8  (King James Version)
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.