Esther 2:11 KJV — MannaFest

Esther 2:11

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

KJV

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ASV

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

WEB

And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

YLT

and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.

DBT

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

About this book

Old Testament

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Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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4 verses on the floor

Genesis 37:14
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
Acts 15:36
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Esther 2:13–14
Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Let those whose relations are thus cast upon them by divine Providence be thus kindly affectioned to them and solicitous for them. [2.] How respectful she was to him. Though in relation she was his equal, yet, being in age and dependence his inferior, she honoured him as her father-- did his commandment,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house--The harem is an inviolable sanctuary, and what is transacted within its walls is as much a secret to those without as if they were thousands of miles away.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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