Esther 2:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ “And let the king appoint officers through all the provinces of his kingdom. And let them gather all the beautiful young virgins to the palace of Shushan, into the house of the women, under the hand of Hegai (the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women), to give them their things for purification.

⁴ “And the maid who shall please the king, let her reign in the place of Vashti.” And this pleased the king; and he did so.

⁵ In the city of Shushan, there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai (the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a man of Benjamin),