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Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

KJV

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ASV

Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

WEB

Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,

YLT

and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

DBT

Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

About this book

Old Testament

EstherA 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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