4
Then take the young woman you like best and make her queen in Vashti's place." The king thought this was good advice, so he followed it.
5
There in Susa lived a Jew named Mordecai son of Jair; he was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei.
6
He was among the captives whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had taken into exile from Jerusalem.
7
Mordecai was the guardian of Esther, the daughter of his uncle Aminadab. She was a beautiful young woman, and after the death of her parents, Mordecai brought her up until she was grown.
8
When the king had issued his new proclamation, many young women were being brought to Susa, and Esther was among them. She too was put in the royal palace in the care of Hegai, who had charge of the harem.