Esther 2:3-5

International Standard Version

³ Let the king appoint officials in all the provinces of his kingdom to bring all the beautiful young virgins into the harem in Susa the capital. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women to give them their beauty treatments.^{[a] 4} Then let the young woman who pleases the king rule in place of Vashti.” This advice^[b] pleased the king, and he did this.

Esther’s Background

⁵ In Susa the capital there was a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin, Jair’s son Mordecai, who was a descendant of Kish’s son Shimei the descendant of Benjamin.