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The queen was sitting beside the king, and the king asked me, "How long will you be gone? When will you be back?" I told him the date and he allowed me to leave. (Nehemiah 2, 6)
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Ahasuerus. (Esther 1, 9)
to bring into his presence Queen Vashti with her royal crown, for she was very lovely and he wished to display her beauty to the people and nobles. (Esther 1, 11)
Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the order of the king transmitted by the eunuchs; the king was very displeased and burned with rage. (Esther 1, 12)
He asked them, "According to law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti for disobeying the king's order issued through the eunuchs?" (Esther 1, 15)
In the presence of the king and nobles, Memucan replied, "It is not the king alone that Queen Vashti has wronged but all the nobles and the whole populace in the provinces of King Ahasuerus. (Esther 1, 16)
Mordecai was foster father to his cousin Hadassah, that is Esther, who had lost both father and mother. The girl had a lovely face and figure. On the death of her parents, Mordecai had adopted her as his daughter. (Esther 2, 7)
In compliance with the king's edict, a great number of young girls were brought to Susa and entrusted to Hegai. Esther was among them. (Esther 2, 8)
Esther pleased the custodian of women and won his favor. He not only promptly provided her with cosmetics and good food but assigned to her seven special maids from the king's household and transferred her and her maids into the best place in the harem. (Esther 2, 9)
Esther did not reveal her nationality or family, for Mordecai had forbidden her to do so. (Esther 2, 10)
Each day Mordecai would walk up and down the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was faring. (Esther 2, 11)
When the turn came for Esther - the daughter of Abihail whom Mordecai had adopted from his uncle - to go to the king, she asked for nothing beyond what the eunuch Hegai had given her; and yet she won the admiration of all who saw her. (Esther 2, 15)
