Esther 2:12-14

New Century Version

¹² Before a girl could take her turn with King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments that were ordered for the women. For six months she was treated with oil and myrrh and for six months with perfumes and cosmetics. ¹³ Then she was ready to go to the king. Anything she asked for was given to her to take with her from the women’s quarters to the king’s palace. ¹⁴ In the evening she would go to the king’s palace, and in the morning she would return to another part of the women’s quarters. There she would be placed under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the slave women. The girl would not go back to the king again unless he was pleased with her and asked for her by name.