Esther 2 · Verse 16

Esther 2:16

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Esther 2:16, King James Version

Esther 2:16 in other translations

BSBShe was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
WEBSo Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
ASVSo Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
YLTAnd Esther is taken unto the king Ahasuerus, unto his royal house, in the tenth month--it is the month of Tebeth--in the seventh year of his reign,
DARBYSo Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, that is, the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
BBESo Esther was taken in to King Ahasuerus in his house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.
WebsterSo Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

What does Esther 2:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The tenth month - Tebeth - Answering to part of our December and January.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 2:1-20

We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them back to the original institution of marriage. Esther was preferred as queen. Those who suggest that Esther committed sin to come at this dignity, do not consider the custom of those times and countries. Every one that the…

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Esther 2:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתִּלָּקַ֨חva.ti.la.Kachand she was takenH3947
אֶסְתֵּ֜ר'es.TerEstherH635
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙'a.chash.ve.ro.VoshAhasuerusH325
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
מַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.Toroyalty hisH4438
בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁba.Cho.deshin the monthH2320
הָעֲשִׂירִ֖יha.'a.si.Ri<the> tenthH6224
הוּא\־hu'-thatH1931
חֹ֣דֶשׁCho.desh[is] [the] month ofH2320
טֵבֵ֑תte.VetTebethH2887
בִּשְׁנַת\־bish.nat-in yearH8141
שֶׁ֖בַעShe.va'sevenH7651
לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ\׃le.mal.khu.Toof reign hisH4438

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Esther 2:16

  • Esther 8:9

    Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  • Esther 2:3

    And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

  • Esther 2:1

    After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

  • Ezra 7:8

    And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the tenth month.
8:9
the seventh.
1,3; Ezr 7:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Esther 2:15

    Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

  • Esther 2:16

    So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

  • Esther 2:17

    And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

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Esther 2:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Fué pues Esther llevada al rey Assuero á su casa real en el mes décimo, que es el mes de Tebeth, en el año séptimo de su reinado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Esther fut conduite auprès du roi Assuérus, dans sa maison royale, au dixième mois (c’est le mois de Tébeth), la septième année de son règne.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Esther wurde zu dem König Ahasveros in sein königliches Haus geholt im zehnten Monat, das ist der Monat Tebeth, im siebten Jahre seiner Regierung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ducta est itaque ad cubiculum regis Assueri mense decimo, qui vocatur Tebeth, septimo anno regni ejus.