Esther 2:14-15

14 In the evening she would go in and in the morning she would return to the second harem *, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not again go in to the king unless * the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.

15 Now when the turn of Esther, ¹the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except * what ²Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

Esther 2:14-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 2

By the advice of the ministers of King Ahasuerus, fair virgins were sought for throughout his dominions, and brought to his chamberlain, the keeper of the women, among whom was Esther, a Jewish virgin, Es 2:1-8, who found favour with the chamberlain, and afterwards with the king, who made her queen instead of Vashti, and a feast on that account, Es 2:9-18. Mordecai, to whom Esther was related, and according to whose advice she acted, sitting in the king's gate, discovered a conspiracy against the king, which he now made known to Esther, Es 2:19-23.

Cross References

• 1. Esther 2:7; Esther 9:29
• 2. Esther 2:3, 8

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "hand"
• [b] Lit "said"