Esther 2:3 Cross References

Esther 2:3

3: Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at Susa. Hegai, the eunuch in charge, will see that they are all given beauty treatments.

Esther 1:1

  1. This happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.
  2. At that time he ruled his empire from his throne at the fortress of Susa.

Isaiah 3:18

  1. The Lord will strip away their artful beauty--their ornaments, headbands, and crescent necklaces;
  2. their earrings, bracelets, and veils of shimmering gauze.
  3. Gone will be their scarves, ankle chains, sashes, perfumes, and charms;
  4. their rings, jewels,
  5. party clothes, gowns, capes, and purses;

Esther 2:8

  1. As a result of the king's decree, Esther, along with many other young women, was brought to the king's harem at the fortress of Susa and placed in Hegai's care.
  2. Hegai was very impressed with Esther and treated her kindly. He quickly ordered a special menu for her and provided her with beauty treatments. He also assigned her seven maids specially chosen from the king's palace, and he moved her and her maids into the best place in the harem.

Esther 2:12

  1. Before each young woman was taken to the king's bed, she was given the prescribed twelve months of beauty treatments--six months with oil of myrrh, followed by six months with special perfumes and ointments.
  2. When the time came for her to go in to the king, she was given her choice of whatever clothing or jewelry she wanted to enhance her beauty.
  3. That evening she was taken to the king's private rooms, and the next morning she was brought to the second harem, where the king's wives lived. There she would be under the care of Shaashgaz, another of the king's eunuchs. She would live there for the rest of her life, never going to the king again unless he had especially enjoyed her and requested her by name.
  4. When it was Esther's turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her.
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