Bible Cross References
princes
Esther 2:2-16
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Then the king's servants who ministered to him said: Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king;
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and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, into the women's house, under the hand of Hegai the king's official, custodian of the women. And let cosmetics be given to them.
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Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.
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Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite.
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Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
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And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), his uncle's daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. And the young woman was of a beautiful figure and good appearance. At the death of her father and mother Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.
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So it was, when the king's command and decree were heard, and when many young women were gathered at Shushan the palace, under the hand of Hegai, that Esther also was taken to the king's house, into the hand of Hegai the custodian of the women.
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Now the young woman was good in his eyes, and she obtained his favor; so he rushed to supply her cosmetics, along with her other provisions. And seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king's house, and he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of the women.
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Esther had not revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it.
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And every day Mordecai walked around in front of the court of the women's house, to learn of Esther's welfare and what was happening with her.
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Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after she had completed twelve months according to the regulations for the women, for thus were the days of their beautification accomplished: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and preparations for beautifying women.
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Thus prepared, each young woman went to the king, and she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the women's house to the king's house.
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In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the hand of Shaashgaz, the king's official who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and summoned her by name.
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Now when the turn came for Esther (the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter), to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king's official, the custodian of the women, commanded. And Esther rose to favor in the eyes of all who saw her.
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So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler pays attention to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker; he ceases from stirring after kneading the dough until it is leavened.
Hosea 7:5
In the day of our king, the rulers have made themselves sick, inflamed with wine. He stretches out his hand with scorners.
Hosea 40:2
Hosea 41:1
Exodus 2:5
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens were walking along the riverside; and when she saw the vessel among the reeds, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Exodus 2:15
And when Pharaoh heard of the matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
1 Kings 3:1
And Solomon made himself son-in-law to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh's daughter; and he brought her into the City of David until he had finished building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall all around Jerusalem.
2 Kings 18:21
Now behold, you have trusted in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting in him.
Jeremiah 25:19
Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants, his rulers, and all his people;
Jeremiah 46:17
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has passed the appointed time.
Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him: You are like a young lion among the nations, and you are like a monster in the seas, bursting forth in your rivers, stirring up the waters with your feet, and fouling their rivers.
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Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Esther 2:9
Now the young woman was good in his eyes, and she obtained his favor; so he rushed to supply her cosmetics, along with her other provisions. And seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king's house, and he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of the women.
Psalm 105:4
Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face continually!
Proverbs 6:29
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled; but prostitutes and adulterers God will judge.