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Esther 2:9
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9 This young woman pleased him,[a] and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen[b] young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.[c]

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  1. Esther 2:9 tn Heb “was good in his eyes”; NLT “Hegai was very impressed with Esther.”
  2. Esther 2:9 tn Heb “being looked at (with favor).”
  3. Esther 2:9 tn Heb “of the house of the women” (so KJV, ASV). So also in vv. 11, 13, 14.
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Esther 2:9
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9 She pleased him and won his favor.(A) Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food.(B) He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king’s palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem.

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