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After these things, ^(C1)when the anger of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and ^(C2)what had been decided regarding her.

Then the king's attendants, who served him, said, "^(C1)Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

"And may the king appoint overseers in ^(C1)all the provinces of his kingdom, and have them ^(F1)bring every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of ^(C2)Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and ^(C3)let their cosmetics be given to them.

"Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti." And the ^(F1)suggestion pleased the king, and he did accordingly.

There was a Jew at the citadel in Susa whose name was ^(C1)Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

^(C1)who had been taken from Jerusalem with the exiles who had been deported with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had deported.