Esther 2:2

2 the king's young attendants stepped in and got the ball rolling: "Let's begin a search for beautiful young virgins for the king.

Esther 2:2 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 2:2

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him
Fearing that, if Vashti should be restored, vengeance would be taken on them; or however to remove the grief and melancholy of the king, they gave the following advice: let there be fair young virgins sought for the king;
that he might enjoy them, and choose one of them, the most agreeable to him, and put her in the room of Vashti.

Esther 2:2 In-Context

1 Later, when King Xerxes' anger had cooled and he was having second thoughts about what Vashti had done and what he had ordered against her,

2 the king's young attendants stepped in and got the ball rolling: "Let's begin a search for beautiful young virgins for the king.

3 Let the king appoint officials in every province of his kingdom to bring every beautiful young virgin to the palace complex of Susa and to the harem run by Hegai, the king's eunuch who oversees the women; he will put them through their beauty treatments.

4 Then let the girl who best pleases the king be made queen in place of Vashti." The king liked this advice and took it.

5 Now there was a Jew who lived in the palace complex in Susa. His name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish - a Benjaminite.