King James Version with Apocrypha
"And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so."
— Esther 2:4, King James Version with Apocrypha
“And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.”
“and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. ”
“and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." The thing pleased the king, and he did so.”
“Let the young woman whom the king finds most attractive become queen in place of Vashti.” This seemed like a good idea to the king, so he acted accordingly.”
“And whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested.”
“And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.”
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.