Esther 2:18-20

Living Bible

¹⁸ To celebrate the occasion, he threw another big party for all his officials and servants, giving generous gifts to everyone and making grants to the provinces in the form of remission of taxes.

¹⁹ Later the king demanded a second bevy of beautiful girls.^[a] By that time Mordecai had become a government official.

²⁰ Esther still hadn’t told anyone she was a Jewess, for she was still following Mordecai’s orders, just as she had in his home.