Esther 2:3 References

3 "Let the king appoint overseers in aall the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of bHegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and clet their cosmetics be given them.

a Esther 1:1, Esther 1:2

Esther 1

1 Now it took place in the days of aAhasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned bfrom India to Ethiopia over c127 provinces,

Esther 1

2 in those days as King Ahasuerus asat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in bSusa,

Other references for Esther 2:3

b Esther 2:8, Esther 2:15

c Esther 2:9, Esther 2:12