Esther 2:7-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁷ He was bringing up Hadassah, that is ^(A)Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and ^[a]face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

Esther Finds Favor

⁸ So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard and ^(B)many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of ^(C)Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s ^[b]palace into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women. ⁹ Now the young lady pleased him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her ^(D)cosmetics and ^[c]food, gave her seven choice maids from the king’s palace and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.