Esther 2:17 meaning and explanation
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
Esther 2:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Esther has finished the twelve months of beauty treatments required of every young woman brought into the royal harem, and now Xerxes chooses her above all the others. The narrator says the king loved her and that she found grace and favor in his sight, language that echoes how favor rested on figures like Joseph and Daniel in foreign courts.
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