Esther 2:13-15

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹³ When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the palace. ¹⁴ She would go in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the supervision of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines.^(A) She never went to the king again, unless he desired her and summoned her by name.^(B)

Esther Becomes Queen

¹⁵ Esther was the daughter of Abihail,^(C) the uncle of Mordecai who had adopted her as his own daughter. When her turn came to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, suggested. Esther won approval in the sight of everyone who saw her.^(D)