Esther 2:2

Staten Vertaling

Toen zeiden de jongelingen des konings, die hem dienden: Men zoeke voor den koning jonge dochters, maagden, schoon van aangezicht.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Toen spraken de jongelingen des konings, die hem dienden: Men zoeke den koning jonge, schone maagden;

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Toen zeiden de jongelingen des konings, die hem bedienden: Men zoeke voor den koning jonge maagden, schoon van uiterlijk;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

king's servants: Esther 1:10, Esther 1:14, Esther 6:14

Let there be: Genesis 12:14, 1 Kings 1:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:15 - princes 1 Kings 1:3 - So 1 Kings 12:14 - the counsel

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,.... Fearing that, if Vashti should be restored, vengeance would be taken on them; or however to remove the grief and melancholy of the king, they gave the following advice:

let there be fair young virgins sought for the king; that he might enjoy them, and choose one of them, the most agreeable to him, and put her in the room of Vashti.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 2:2. Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king — This was the usual way in which the harem or seraglio was furnished: the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out, and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines: but one was raised, as chief wife or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was specially entitled to inherit.