Esther 2:16
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So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
In other translations
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Hebrew words
וַתִּלָּקַחvatilakachand she was takenH3947אֶסְתֵּר'esterEstherH635אֶל־'el-toH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'achashverovoshAhasuerusH325אֶל־'el-intoH413בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004מַלְכוּתוֹmalkhutoroyalty hisH4438בַּחֹדֶשׁbachodeshin the monthH2320הָעֲשִׂירִיha'asiri<the> tenthH6224הוּא־hu'-thatH1931חֹדֶשׁchodesh[is] [the] month ofH2320טֵבֵתtevetTebethH2887בִּשְׁנַת־bishnat-in yearH8141שֶׁבַעsheva'sevenH7651לְמַלְכוּתוֹ׃lemalkhutoof reign hisH4438
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Related verses
- Esther 8:9Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
- Esther 2:3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
- Ezra 7:8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
- Esther 2:1After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
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