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John Gill's Exposition on Esther 2:8

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and decree was heard, etc.] In the several provinces of his kingdom: and when many maidens were gathered unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai; Josephus f87 says, there were gathered to the number of four hundred: that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, the keeper of the women: by force, as Aben Ezra and the former Targum, and so the word is sometimes used.
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