thi come in no more to the king, but
another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place.

1:20. And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire,
(which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of
the lesser, give honour to their husbands.

1:21. His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did
according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

1:22. And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every
nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the
husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this
should be published to every people.

Esther Chapter 2

Esther is advanced to be queen. Mardochai detecteth a plot against the
king.

2:1. After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he
remembered Vasthi, and what she had done and what she had suffered:

2:2. And the king's servants and his officers said: Let young women be
sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,

2:3. And let some persons be sent through all the provinces to look for
beautiful maidens and virgins: and let them bring them to the city of
Susan, and put them into the house of the women under the hand of Egeus
the eunuch, who is the overseer and keeper of the king's women: and let
them receive women's ornaments, and other things necessary for their
use.

2:4. 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.

2:5. There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew, named Mardochai, the
son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the race of Jemini,

2:6. Who had been carried away from Jerusalem at the time that
Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away Jechonias king of Juda,

2:7. And he had brought up his brother's daughter Edissa, who by another
name was called Esther: now she had lost both her parents: and was
exceeding fair and beautiful. And her father and mother being dead,
Mardochai adopted her for his daughter.

2:8. And when the king's ordinance was noised abroad, and according to
his commandment many beautiful virgins were brought to Susan, and were
delivered to Egeus the eunuch: Esther also among the rest of the maidens
was delivered to him to be kept in the number of the women.

2:9. And she pleased him, and found favour in his sight. And he
commanded the eunuch to hasten the women'