Esther 2:4-6
American Standard Version
4 and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives that had been carried away with [a]Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
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- Esther 2:6 In 2 Kin. 24:6, Jehoiachin.
Esther 2:4-6
New International Version
4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.
5 Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish,(A) 6 who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin[a](B) king of Judah.(C)
Footnotes
- Esther 2:6 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
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