Ester 2:3
Konteks2:3 And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem 1 under the authority of Hegai, the king’s eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire. 2
Ester 2:12
Konteks2:12 At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, 3 when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus – for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women –
[2:3] 1 tn Heb “the house of the women” (so KJV, ASV). So also in vv. 9, 11, 13, and 14.
[2:3] 2 tn Heb “their ointments”; cf. NIV, CEV, NLT “beauty treatments.”
[2:12] 3 tc The LXX does not include the words “that were required for the women.”
[2:12] tn Heb “to be to her according to the law of the women”; NASB “under the regulations for the women.”