Esther 2:9
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What does Esther 2:9 mean?
And the maiden pleased him
Not the king, into whose presence she was not yet introduced, but
the chamberlain; her beauty and her behaviour recommended her to
him, and he concluded within himself that she was the person that
of all would be acceptable to the king:
and she obtained kindness of him:
had favours shown others had not:
and he speedily gave her things for
purification;
as oil, spices, &c. that she might be the sooner fitted to be
had into the king's presence:
with such things as belonged to her;
food and drink from the king's table; the Targum interprets it
gifts, as chains and royal apparel:
and seven maidens, which were given her, out of the king's
house;
to wait upon her the seven days of the week, as the same Targum:
and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of
the house of
the women;
removed her and them to it, which was the most splendid, had
large, airy, and pleasant rooms.
