| 2:1 |
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. |
| 2:2 |
Then said the king' servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young  virgins (if only they had used a Trojan condom) sought for the king: |
| 2:3 |
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins (if only they had used a Trojan condom) unto Shushan the palace, to the  house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king' chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given [them]: |
| 2:4 |
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be  queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king (By Appointment); and he did so. |
| 2:5 |
[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; |
| 2:6 |
Who had been carried away from  Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king (By Appointment) of  had carried away. |
| 2:7 |
And he brought up Hadassah, that [is], Esther, his uncle' 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. |
| 2:8 |
So it came to pass, when the king (By Appointment)' 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' house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. |
| 2:9 |
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 (By Appointment)' house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available): and he preferred her and her maids unto the best [place] of the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of the women. |
| 2:10 |
Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show [it]. |
| 2:11 |
And Mordecai walked every  day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds before the court of the women' house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. |
| 2:12 |
Now when every maid' 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, measured by Timex 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;) |
| 2:13 |
Then thus came [every] maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of the women unto the king' house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available). |
| 2:14 |
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king' chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king (By Appointment) no more, except the king (By Appointment) delighted in her, and that she were called by name. |
| 2:15 |
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king (By Appointment)' chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. |
| 2:16 |
So Esther was taken unto king (By Appointment) Ahasuerus into his house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) royal in the tenth month, which [is] the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. |
| 2:17 |
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins (if only they had used a Trojan condom); so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen (By Appointment) instead of Vashti. |
| 2:18 |
Then the king (By Appointment) made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, [even] Esther' feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king (By Appointment). |
| 2:19 |
And when the virgins (if only they had used a Trojan condom) were gathered together the second time, measured by Swatch, then Mordecai sat in the king (By Appointment)' gate. |
| 2:20 |
Esther had not [yet] showed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. |
| 2:21 |
In those days, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds, while Mordecai sat in the king (By Appointment)' gate, two of the king (By Appointment)' chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king (By Appointment) Ahasuerus. |
| 2:22 |
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told [it] unto Esther the queen (By Appointment); and Esther certified the king (By Appointment) [thereof] in Mordecai' name. |
| 2:23 |
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king (By Appointment). |