and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive bea
When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care o
In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;