Ester 2:9

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Och flickan behagade honom och fann nåd inför honom; därför skyndade han att giva henne vad nödigt var till hennes beredelse, så ock den kost hon skulle hava, ävensom att giva henne från konungshuset de sju tärnor som utsågos åt henne. Och han lät henne med sina tärnor flytta in i den bästa delen av fruhuset.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she obtained: Genesis 39:21, 1 Kings 8:50, Ezra 7:6, Nehemiah 2:8, Psalms 106:46, Proverbs 16:7, Daniel 1:9, Acts 7:10

her her things: Esther 2:3, Esther 2:12

such things: Heb. her portions

preferred her: Heb. changed her.

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:15 - taken

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the maiden pleased him,.... Not the king, into whose presence she was not yet introduced, but the chamberlain; her beauty and her behaviour recommended her to him, and he concluded within himself that she was the person that of all would be acceptable to the king:

and she obtained kindness of him: had favours shown others had not:

and he speedily gave her things for purification; as oil, spices, c. that she might be the sooner fitted to be had into the king's presence:

with such things as belonged to her food and drink from the king's table; the Targum interprets it gifts, as chains and royal apparel:

and seven maidens, which were given her, out of the king's house; to wait upon her the seven days of the week, as the same Targum:

and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women; removed her and them to it, which was the most splendid, had large, airy, and pleasant rooms.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 2:9. The maiden pleased him — He conceived a partiality for her above the rest, probably because of the propriety of her deportment, and her engaging though unassuming manners.

Seven maidens — These were to attend her to the bath, to anoint and adorn her, and be her servants in general.