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Esther 2:13

then thus came every maiden unto the king, fully prepared and ornamented to gain the king's pleasure; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house, and many had taken the opportunity to bedeck themselves with every possible ornament in order to attain to the position of queen.

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See also Esther 2:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 13. _WHATSOEVER SHE DESIRED_] When any of the young women were called to go to the king, it appears that it was an ordinance that whatever kind of _dress stuff, colour, jewels_, c., they thought...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN. Ere long Ahasuerus longs for his lost queen's comradeship. He is moved to issue a summons throughout all his territories, commanding all fair maidens to appear as candidates for t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _then in this wise_ better than _then thus_of A.V., as marking more forcibly the commencement of the apodosis, answering to the somewhat distant -Now when" at the beginning of Esther 2:12....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHATEVER SHE DESIRED WAS GIVEN HER— _Whosoever she desired,_ &c. Houbigant....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. Season of Preparation TEXT: Esther 2:12-14 12 Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve m...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN THUS CAME EVERY MAIDEN UNTO THE KING; WHATSOEVER SHE DESIRED WAS GIVEN HER TO GO WITH HER OUT OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOMEN UNTO THE KING'S HOUSE._ Then thus came every maiden unto the king. 'Gynae...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN. MORDECAI'S SERVICE 1. He remembered, etc.] LXX has 'he thought no more of Vashti, remembering what,' etc....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WHATSOEVER SHE DESIRED] i.e. for the adornment of her person....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 V1 Later, when the king was not still angry, he thought about Vashti. He remembered what she had done. And he remembered the law that he h...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בָ זֶ֕ה הַֽ נַּעֲרָ֖ה בָּאָ֣ה אֶל

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE SERVICE OF A FOREIGNER Esther 2:1 Esther's Hebrew name meant Myrtle. It could not have been easy for her to retain her sweet simplicity amid the corruptions of her time, but her Persian name mean...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter we have a revelation of customs obtaining in the household of the king. We can read them with thankfulness that wherever the purifying forces of revealed religion have operated they ha...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then thus came [every] maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was (f) given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. (f) Whatever apparel she asked for, the eunuc...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (8) So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought als...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    The Beauty Contest I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw Queen Vashti loose everything for refusing to come to the party when King Xerxes requested her presence! 1. Not only did she loose her crown a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10. The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and unacknow...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN THUS CAME EVERY VIRGIN UNTO THE KING,.... When her twelve months were up, and she was purified in the manner before observed: WHATSOEVER SHE DESIRED WAS GIVEN HER TO GO WITH HER OUT OF THE HOUSE...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then thus came [every] maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. Ver. 13. _Then thus came every maiden to the king...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thus came every maiden unto the king_ Thus purified and prepared, and thus furnished and attended, as it follows. _Whatsoever she desired was given her_ For ornament, or by way of attendance. And it...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER CHOSEN AS QUEEN (vv. 1-18) We read nothing more as to Vashti, whether she was simply banished from the king's court or killed. But it was four years before the king married a queen to take Va...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-20 We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEN THUS; thus purified and prepared; and thus as it follows. WHATSOEVER SHE DESIRED, for ornament, or by way of attendance....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 2:13 woman H5291 went H935 (H8802) king H4428 given H5414 (H8735) desired H559 (H8799) take...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Esther made queen. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Mordecai, Esther, Hegai, Bigthan, Teresh, Shaashgaz. CONCLUSION: God sometimes raises up the poor out of the dust to set them among princes. Those...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Esther 2:3. _Gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace._ The polygamy we have hitherto seen is small in comparison of the indulgences of the Babylonian and Persian court. This...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Whose name was Mordecai._ MORDECAI Providence opens avenues through which merit may attain elevation. I. Mordecai was kind to his orphan cousin. He brought her up, adopting her as his own daughter....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And let the king appoint officers _ THE WEAK AND LOWLY Poor, helpless, feeble, may be the earthward aspect of true religion. Beggars shall be taken from the dunghill, to set them among princes. God...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:12 MYRRH. An expensive perfume obtained from trees native to Africa and southern Asia. CONCUBINES, the king’s mistresses, were housed separately (in the second harem

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:13. WHATSOEVER SHE DESIRED] In the way of jewels, ornaments, or dress. “No doubt,” says Rawlinson, “the virgins generally took the opportunity—one that would occur but once...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS, AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI'S PLACE (Esther 2:1). Vashti having ceased to be queen,

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so, after these things, the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, and he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Then said the king's servant that ministered un...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Desired — For ornament, or by way of attendance. And it should be observed, that every one whom the king took to his bed, was his wife of a lower rank, as Hagar was Abraham's, so that it would have be...

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