Esther 2:12

In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

Cross References (5)

  • Proverbs 7:17 (5)

    I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:4–5 (5)

    each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

  • Isaiah 57:9 (4)

    You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended

  • Song of Solomon 3:6 (2)

    Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spice

  • Luke 7:37–38 (2)

    When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.