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"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.

Now when the turn of Esther, ^(C1)the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what ^(C2)Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the women, ^(F1)advised. And Esther was finding favor in the eyes of all who saw her.