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Esther 2:3
New English Translation
Esther 2:3
New English Translation
3 And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem[a] under the authority of Hegai, the king’s eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire.[b]
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- Esther 2:3 tn Heb “the house of the women” (so KJV, ASV). So also in vv. 9, 11, 13, and 14.
- Esther 2:3 tn Heb “their ointments”; cf. NIV, CEV, NLT “beauty treatments.”
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