Esther 2:4-14

4 And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochaeus, the of Jairus, of Semeias, of Cisaeus, of the tribe of Benjamin;
6 who had been brought a prisoner from Jerusalem, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried into captivity.
7 And he had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father's brother, and her name Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.
8 And because the king's ordinance was published, many damsels were gathered to the city Susa under the hand of Gai; and Esther was brought to Gai the keeper of the women.
9 And the damsel pleased him, and she found favour in his sight; and he hasted to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women's apartment.
10 But Esther discovered not her family nor her kindred: for Mardochaeus had charged her not to tell.
11 But Mardochaeus used to walk every day by the women's court, to see what would become of Esther.
12 Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women's purifications.
13 And then goes in to the king; and to whomsoever he shall give the command, will bring her to come in with him from the women's apartment to the king's chamber.
14 She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women's apartment, where Gai the king's chamberlain keeper of the women: and she goes not in to the king again, unless she should be called by name.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.