Esther 2:8 (GNV)

Passage

And when the Kings commandement, and his decree was published, and many maydes were brought together to the palace of Shushan, vnder the hand of Hege, Ester was brought also vnto the Kings house vnder the hande of Hege the keeper of the women.

Nearby Context

Esther 2:6 Which had bene caryed away from Ierusalem with the captiuitie that was caryed away with Ieconiah King of Iudah (whom Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel had caryed away)

Esther 2:7 And he nourished Hadassah, that is Ester, his vncles daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the mayde was fayre, and beautifull to looke on: and after the death of her father, and her mother, Mordecai tooke her for his own daughter

Esther 2:8 And when the Kings commandement, and his decree was published, and many maydes were brought together to the palace of Shushan, vnder the hand of Hege, Ester was brought also vnto the Kings house vnder the hande of Hege the keeper of the women.

Esther 2:9 And the mayde pleased him, and she founde fauour in his sight: therefore he caused her things for purification to be giuen her speedily, and her state, and seuen comely maides to be giuer her out of the Kings house, and he gaue change to her and to her maydes of the best in the house of the women.

Esther 2:10 But Ester shewed not her people and her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that shee should not tell it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kings", "commandement", "decree", "published", "maydes", "brought", "together", and "palace". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kings" and "commandement", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And he nourished Hadassah that is Ester..." into verse 9's "And the mayde pleased him and she...", so "kings" and "commandement" 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 "kings" and "commandement" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.