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George Leo Haydock, on Esth 2:2
George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
Esth 2:2 · Douay-Rheims
“And the king’s servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,”
On this verse:
“Beautiful. Thus Abisag was brought to David, 3 Kings i. 2. The Turkish emperors select women from all their dominions, without distinction of noble or ignoble; as all are their slaves.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.