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Hegai

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Named at Esther 2:3 as “Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women”, in the counsel of the king’s servants that all the beautiful young virgins be gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to his custody. At 2:8–9 Esther is taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women, and “The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king’s house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women’s house.” The Korean Revised Version names Hegai there (헤개가 이 처녀를 기뻐하여, Hegai was pleased with the maiden). At 2:15 Esther requires nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised.

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EST 2:1–4, engwebp
¹After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
²Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.
³Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;
⁴and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
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EST 2:8–11, engwebp
⁸So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
⁹The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king’s house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women’s house.
¹⁰Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
¹¹Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women’s house, to find out how Esther was doing, and what would become of her.
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EST 2:15–18, engwebp
¹⁵Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
¹⁶So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
¹⁷The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
¹⁸Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.
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Esther 2:3 Open that verse

Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;

Esther 2:8 Open that verse

So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

Esther 2:15 Open that verse

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.

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Entry: Hegai (person-hegai)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/hegai
Current wording: Named at Esther 2:3 as “Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women”, in the counsel of the king’s servants that all the beautiful young virgins be gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to his custody. At 2:8–9 Esther is taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women, and “The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king’s house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women’s house.” The Korean Revised Version names Hegai there (헤개가 이 처녀를 기뻐하여, Hegai was pleased with the maiden). At 2:15 Esther requires nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised.
Cited evidence: EST 2:1–4, engwebp / EST 2:8–11, engwebp / EST 2:15–18, engwebp
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