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href="/bsb/esther/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/esther/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/esther/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Esther had not told anyone of her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had directed her not to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/esther/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/esther/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/esther/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew <i>it</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/esther/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Esther had not revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/esther/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her people or her kindred, because Mordecai had instructed her that she was not to reveal <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/esther/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Esther did not make known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make them known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/esther/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Esther did not make known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make <i>them</i> known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/esther/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Esther did not tell <i>anyone</i> about her people or her kinsmen, for Mordecai had commanded her that she should not tell <i>anyone</i> about <i>them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/esther/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal [the Jewish background of] her people or her family, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/esther/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her ethnicity or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to make them known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/esther/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her ethnic background or her birthplace, because Mordecai had ordered her not to.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/esther/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/esther/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Mordecai had warned Esther not to tell anyone that she was a Jew, and she obeyed him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/esther/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/esther/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her nationality or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/esther/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Now, on the advice of Mordecai, Esther had kept it secret that she was Jewish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/esther/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Esther did not make known her people or heritage because Mordecai had instructed her not to make it known. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/esther/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/esther/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/esther/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/esther/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/esther/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/esther/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Esther has not declared her people, and her family, for Mordecai has laid a charge on her that she does not declare [it];<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/esther/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/esther/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Esther announced not her people and her birth: for Mordecai commanded to her that she shall not announce.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/esther/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/esther/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 4:10>She was not willing to reveal to him her people or her native land. For Mordecai had instructed her that she should keep silent about all these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/esther/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her nationality or family, for Mordecai had commanded her not to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/esther/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/esther/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/esther/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Esthir did not reveal her name or her family because Murdacai had ordered her that she would not reveal it.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/esther/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not tell it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/esther/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But Esther discovered not her family nor her kindred: for Mardochaeus had charged her not to tell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/esther/2-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TRosJDhNG-8?start=393" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/esther/2.htm">Esther Finds Favor</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/635.htm" title="635: ’es·têr (N-proper-fs) -- Star, Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr. Of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine.">Esther</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: hig·gî·ḏāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3fs) -- To be conspicuous. ">reveal</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·māh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">her people</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/4138.htm" title="4138: mō·w·laḏ·tāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Kindred, birth, offspring. From yalad; nativity; by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family.">her lineage,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/4782.htm" title="4782: mā·rə·do·ḵay (N-proper-ms) -- A companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther. Of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite.">Mordecai</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">had instructed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: ṯag·gîḏ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To be conspicuous. ">to do so.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/3-8.htm">Esther 3:8</a></span><br />Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/4-13.htm">Esther 4:13-14</a></span><br />he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews. / For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Esther 7:4</a></span><br />For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/1-7.htm">Daniel 1:7</a></span><br />The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/3-12.htm">Daniel 3:12</a></span><br />But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">Daniel 6:10</a></span><br />Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/2-10.htm">Nehemiah 2:10</a></span><br />But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/4-1.htm">Nehemiah 4:1-2</a></span><br />Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews / before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/6-6.htm">Nehemiah 6:6-7</a></span><br />that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king, / and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-11.htm">Genesis 12:11-13</a></span><br />As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman, / and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. / Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/20-2.htm">Genesis 20:2</a></span><br />Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-7.htm">Genesis 26:7</a></span><br />But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Exodus 2:1-2</a></span><br />Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, / and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-2.htm">1 Samuel 16:2</a></span><br />“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-16.htm">Matthew 10:16</a></span><br />Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.</p><p class="hdg">had not shewed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/3-8.htm">Esther 3:8</a></b></br> And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws <i>are</i> diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it <i>is</i> not for the king's profit to suffer them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/4-13.htm">Esther 4:13,14</a></b></br> Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Esther 7:4</a></b></br> For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.</p><p class="hdg">for Mordecai.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/2-7.htm">Esther 2:7,20</a></b></br> And he brought up Hadassah, that <i>is</i>, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid <i>was</i> fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/6-1.htm">Ephesians 6:1</a></b></br> Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Background</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-21.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/esther/2-8.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-19.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-18.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/esther/2-8.htm">Esther</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-23.htm">Family</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-28.htm">Kindred</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-5.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/esther/2-7.htm">Mordecai</a> <a href="/esther/2-7.htm">Mor'decai</a> <a href="/esther/3-14.htm">Nationality</a> <a href="/esther/1-15.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-8.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-25.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/esther/1-11.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/esther/1-17.htm">Show</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Showed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Background</a> <a href="/job/3-1.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/esther/4-8.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/esther/2-11.htm">Esther</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Family</a> <a href="/esther/4-10.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Kindred</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/esther/2-11.htm">Mordecai</a> <a href="/esther/2-11.htm">Mor'decai</a> <a href="/esther/3-14.htm">Nationality</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/esther/3-14.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/esther/4-8.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/esther/4-8.htm">Show</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Showed</a><div class="vheading2">Esther 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/2-1.htm">Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/2-5.htm">Mordecai the nursing father of Esther.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/2-8.htm">Esther preferred before the rest.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/2-12.htm">The manner of purification, and going in to the king.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/2-15.htm">Esther, best pleasing the king, is made queen.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/2-21.htm">Mordecai, discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/esther/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/esther/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/esther/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage</b><br>Esther's concealment of her Jewish identity is a strategic decision in the narrative. In the Persian Empire, Jews were a minority and often faced prejudice. By not revealing her heritage, Esther avoids potential discrimination and positions herself to later act on behalf of her people. This secrecy is reminiscent of other biblical figures who concealed their identity for a greater purpose, such as Joseph in Egypt. The theme of hidden identity also foreshadows the eventual revelation and deliverance of the Jewish people.<p><b>because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so</b><br>Mordecai's instruction to Esther highlights his wisdom and understanding of the political climate. As a Jew living in exile, Mordecai is aware of the potential dangers and prejudices that could arise if Esther's Jewish identity were known. His guidance reflects a protective and strategic approach, ensuring Esther's safety and influence within the royal court. This instruction also sets the stage for the unfolding of God's providential plan, as Esther's hidden identity becomes crucial in the deliverance of the Jews. Mordecai's role as a guardian and advisor is pivotal, paralleling the protective and guiding nature of God over His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/esther.htm">Esther (Hadassah)</a></b><br>A Jewish orphan raised by her cousin Mordecai, Esther becomes queen of Persia. Her Jewish identity is initially kept secret.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/mordecai.htm">Mordecai</a></b><br>Esther's cousin and guardian, who advises her to keep her Jewish heritage hidden from the Persian court.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_ahasuerus.htm">King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I)</a></b><br>The Persian king who chooses Esther as his queen, unaware of her Jewish background.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/susa.htm">Susa (Shushan)</a></b><br>The capital of the Persian Empire, where the events of the Book of Esther take place.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_persian_court.htm">The Persian Court</a></b><br>The setting where Esther's identity is concealed, highlighting the tension between her Jewish heritage and her royal position.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/w/wisdom_in_timing.htm">Wisdom in Timing</a></b><br><a href="/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10</a> demonstrates the importance of discerning when to reveal certain truths. Esther's concealment of her identity was strategic and wise, guided by Mordecai's counsel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_trust.htm">Obedience and Trust</a></b><br>Esther's obedience to Mordecai's instruction reflects a trust in his wisdom and God's providence. This teaches us the value of godly counsel and submission to authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_and_faith.htm">Identity and Faith</a></b><br>The tension between Esther's Jewish identity and her role as queen challenges us to consider how we maintain our faith and identity in environments that may not support them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_providence.htm">Divine Providence</a></b><br>Esther's account is a testament to God's unseen hand at work, even when His presence is not overtly mentioned. This encourages believers to trust in God's plan, even in silence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_and_preparation.htm">Courage and Preparation</a></b><br>Esther's eventual revelation of her identity required courage, which was built through preparation and faith. This encourages us to be ready to stand for our beliefs when the time is right.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_esther_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Esther 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_esther_save_her_people.htm">How did Esther save her people from Xerxes' decree?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_jewish_orphan_become_a_persian_queen.htm">In Esther 2:7, is it historically plausible for a Jewish orphan with no royal lineage to rise to Persian queenship? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_challenges_did_esther_face.htm">What challenges did Esther face in her life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_jewish_foreigner_become_queen.htm">Esther 5:1 – How plausible is it that a Jewish foreigner could have risen to queen with no corroborating Persian records? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/esther/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Esther had not shewed</span> <span class= "bld">. . .</span>--From the hope on Mordecai's part that she might pass for a native Persian, and that her Jewish birth should be no hindrance to her advancement. The king does not learn his wife's nation till some time afterwards (<a href="/esther/7-4.htm" title="For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for slaves and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.">Esther 7:4</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/esther/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Esther had not showed her people</span>. To have confessed that she was a Jewess would probably have roused a prejudice against her, or at any rate have prevented her from being received with special favour. Mordecai, knowing this, had instructed her to say nothing to Hegel on the subject, and no one else, it would seem, had enlightened him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/esther/2-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Esther</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶסְתֵּ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(’es·têr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_635.htm">Strong's 635: </a> </span><span class="str2">Esther -- 'star', Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">reveal</span><br /><span class="heb">הִגִּ֣ידָה</span> <span class="translit">(hig·gî·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמָּ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her lineage,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·laḏ·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4138.htm">Strong's 4138: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nativity, lineage, native country, offspring, family</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Mordecai</span><br /><span class="heb">מָרְדֳּכַ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(mā·rə·do·ḵay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4782.htm">Strong's 4782: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mordecai -- a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had instructed</span><br /><span class="heb">צִוָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiw·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to do so.</span><br /><span class="heb">תַגִּֽיד׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯag·gîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/esther/2-10.htm">OT History: Esther 2:10 Esther had not made known her people (Est Esth. 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