Esther 2:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ She would go there in the evening and in the morning would come back to another part of the harem, which was in the care of Shaazgaz, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not visit the king again unless he summoned her by name.

¹⁵ As for Esther, daughter of Abihail and adopted daughter of Mordecai, when it came time for her turn to visit the king, she asked nothing more than what the royal eunuch Hegai, who was in charge of the harem, suggested. Nevertheless, she won the admiration of all who saw her. ¹⁶ So, in the seventh year of his reign, in the tenth month, Tebeth,^[a] Esther was brought to King Ahasuerus in the royal palace.