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|Ester 2:11|
Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women's house, to find out how Esther did, and what would become of her.
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12
|Ester 2:12|
Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).
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13
|Ester 2:13|
The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women's house to the king's house.
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14
|Ester 2:14|
In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women's house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.
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15
|Ester 2:15|
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
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16
|Ester 2:16|
So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
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17
|Ester 2:17|
"The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti."
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18
|Ester 2:18|
"Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king's bounty."
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19
|Ester 2:19|
When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.
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20
|Ester 2:20|
"Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him."
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