¹⁷ the king loved Esther more than all the other women; of all the virgins she won his favor and devotion, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.^(A)

⁸ let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden, with a royal crown on its head.^(A)

¹⁷ And the king loved Esther passionately, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins, and he put on her the queen’s diadem.^(A)