Esther 2:2 (DBY)

Passage

Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

Nearby Context

Esther 2:1 After these things, when the fury of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Esther 2:2 Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

Esther 2:3 and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.

Esther 2:4 And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "king's", "servants", "attended", "upon", "maidens", "virgins", and "beautiful". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "king's", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "After these things when the fury of..." into verse 3's "and let the king appoint officers in...", so "said" and "king's" belong inside that flow. In Esther context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "king's" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.