Ester 2:9

Listen to Ester 2:9
9 La joven agrad贸 a Jegay y se gan贸 su simpat铆a. Por eso 茅l se apresur贸 a darle el tratamiento de belleza y los alimentos especiales. Le asign贸 las siete doncellas m谩s distinguidas del palacio y la traslad贸 con sus doncellas al mejor lugar del har茅n.

Ester 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 2:9

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.

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Ester 2:9 In-Context

7 Mardoqueo ten铆a una prima llamada Jadas谩. Esta joven, conocida tambi茅n como Ester, a quien hab铆a criado porque era hu茅rfana de padre y madre, ten铆a una figura atractiva y era muy hermosa. Al morir sus padres, Mardoqueo la adopt贸 como su hija.
8 Cuando se proclamaron el edicto y la orden del rey, muchas j贸venes fueron reunidas en la ciudadela de Susa y puestas al cuidado de Jegay. Ester tambi茅n fue llevada al palacio del rey y confiada a Jegay, quien estaba a cargo del har茅n.
9 La joven agrad贸 a Jegay y se gan贸 su simpat铆a. Por eso 茅l se apresur贸 a darle el tratamiento de belleza y los alimentos especiales. Le asign贸 las siete doncellas m谩s distinguidas del palacio y la traslad贸 con sus doncellas al mejor lugar del har茅n.
10 Ester no revel贸 su nacionalidad ni sus antecedentes familiares, porque Mardoqueo se lo hab铆a prohibido.
11 Este se paseaba diariamente frente al patio del har茅n para saber c贸mo le iba a Ester y c贸mo la trataban.
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