Esther 2:13

When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

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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.

ASV

then in this wise came the 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.

YLT

and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;

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and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

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For any soul that strives to hurry to the bed of the heavenly Groom receives from its teachers the adornment that is appropriate to it, and with which it shows itself more devoted to the understanding of the faith and the knowledge of virtue, so …

Rabanus Maurus· Commentary on Esther, 856patristic

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Then thus came every virgin unto the king,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Whatsoever she desired - When any of the young women were called to go to the king, it appears that it was an ordinance that whatever kind of dress stuff, color, jewels, etc., they thought best to set off their persons, and render them more engaging, should be given them.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Desired - For ornament, or by way of attendance. And it should be observed, that every one whom the king took to his bed, was his wife of a lower rank, as Hagar was Abraham's, so that it would have been no sin or dishonour to Esther, though she had not been made queen.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

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Esther 2:11
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.

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