Esther:2:8-14
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So it came to pass ,
when the king '
s commandment and his decree was heard ,
and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace ,
to the custody of Hegai ,
that Esther was brought also unto the king '
s house ,
to the custody of Hegai ,
keeper of the women .
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And the maiden pleased him ,
and she obtained kindness of him ;
and he speedily gave her her things for purification ,
with such things as belonged to her ,
and seven maidens ,
which were meet to be given her ,
out of the king '
s house :
and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women .
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Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred :
for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it .
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And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women '
s house ,
to know how Esther did ,
and what should become of her .
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Now when every maid '
s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus ,
after that she had been twelve months ,
according to the manner of the women , (
for so were the days of their purifications accomplished ,
to wit ,
six months with oil of myrrh ,
and six months with sweet odours ,
and with other things for the purifying of the women ;)
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Then thus came every maiden unto the king ;
whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king '
s house .
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In the evening she went ,
and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women ,
to the custody of Shaashgaz ,
the king '
s chamberlain ,
which kept the concubines :
she came in unto the king no more ,
except the king delighted in her ,
and that she were called by name .