Yǐsītièjì 2:8

8 Wáng de yù zhǐ chuán chū , jiù zhāo jù xǔduō nǚzi dào Shūshān chéng , jiāo gĕi zhǎng guǎn nǚzi de Xīgāi . Yǐsītiĕ yĕ sòng rù wánggōng , jiāofù Xīgāi .

Yǐsītièjì 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 2:8

So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and decree was
heard
In the several provinces of his kingdom:

and when many maidens were gathered unto Shushan the palace, to the
custody of Hegai;
Josephus ^F15 says, there were gathered to the number of four hundred:

that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of
Hegai, the keeper of the women:
by force, as Aben Ezra and the former Targum, and so the word is sometimes used.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Ibid. (Antiqu. l. 11. c. 6. sect. 2.)

Yǐsītièjì 2:8 In-Context

6 Cóng qián Bābǐlún wáng Níbùjiǎnísǎ , jiāng Yóudà wáng Yēgēníyǎ ( yòu míng yuē Yǎjīn ) hé bǎixìng cóng Yēlùsǎlĕng lǔ qù , Mòdǐgǎi yĕ zaìqí neì .

7 Mòdǐgǎi fǔ yǎng tā shūshu de nǚér Hādàshā ( hòu míng Yǐsītiĕ ) , yīnwei tā méiyǒu fùmǔ . zhè nǚzi yòu róngmào jùnmĕi , tā fùmǔ sǐ le , Mòdǐgǎi jiù shōu tā wèi zìjǐ de nǚér .

8 Wáng de yù zhǐ chuán chū , jiù zhāo jù xǔduō nǚzi dào Shūshān chéng , jiāo gĕi zhǎng guǎn nǚzi de Xīgāi . Yǐsītiĕ yĕ sòng rù wánggōng , jiāofù Xīgāi .

9 Xī gāi xǐyuè Yǐsītiĕ , jiù ēn dāi tā . jímáng gĕi tā xū yòng de xiāng pǐn hé tā suǒ dāng dé de fēn , yòu paì suǒ dāng dé de qī gè gōng nǚ fúshì tā , shǐ tā hé tāde gōng nǚ bān rù nǚ yuàn shang hǎo de fángwū .

10 Yǐsītiĕ wèicéng jiāng jí guàn zōngzú gàosu rén , yīnwei Mòdǐgǎi zhǔfu tā bùkĕ jiào rén zhīdào .