2:1

terkenanglah(TB)/teringatlah(TL) <02142> [A.M. 3543. B.C. 461. he remembered.]

diputuskan(TB)/ditentukan(TL) <01504> [what was decreed.]

2:1

Judul : Ester diangkat menjadi ratu

Perikop : Est 2:1-18

Ahasyweros surut,

Est 7:10

2:3

daerah(TB)/negeri(TL) <04082> [in all the provinces.]

mengumpulkan(TB)/dihimpunkannya(TL) <06908> [that they may gather.]

This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.

pengawasan(TB)/perintah(TL) <03027> [the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.]

[Hegai. the king's chamberlain.]

{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

wangi-wangian(TB)/perlulutannya(TL) <08562> [their things.]