Esther 2:2

2 So his young male servants said, "Let the king have a search made for beautiful young women who haven't yet married.

Esther 2:2 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 2:2

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him
Fearing that, if Vashti should be restored, vengeance would be taken on them; or however to remove the grief and melancholy of the king, they gave the following advice: let there be fair young virgins sought for the king;
that he might enjoy them, and choose one of them, the most agreeable to him, and put her in the room of Vashti.

Esther 2:2 In-Context

1 Sometime later when King Ahasuerus was less angry, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what he had decided about her.

2 So his young male servants said, "Let the king have a search made for beautiful young women who haven't yet married.

3 And let the king choose certain people in all the royal provinces to lead the search. Have them bring all the beautiful young women together to the fortified part of Susa, to the women's house, to the care of Hegai the king's eunuch in charge of the women so that he might provide beauty treatments for them.

4 Let the young woman who pleases you the most take Vashti's place as queen." The king liked the plan and implemented it.

5 Now there was a Jew in the fortified part of Susa whose name was Mordecai, Jair's son. He came from the family line of Shimei and Kish; he was a Benjaminite. (