A citation from the library
John Gill, on Esth 2:2
John Gill · 1697–1771
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:
“Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,.... Fearing that, if Vashti should be restored, vengeance would be taken on them; or however to remove the grief and melancholy of the king, they gave the following advice: let there be fair young virgins sought for the king; that he might enjoy them, and choose one of them, the most agreeable to him, and put her in the room of Vashti.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.