* in all the provinces.
1:1,2
* that they may gather.
This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was
furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or
low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all
became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief
wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially
entitled to inherit.
* the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.
8
* Hegai. the king's chamberlain.
{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate,
Targum, and Syriac.
* their things.
12-14 Isa 3:18-23
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