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     * in all the provinces.
     # 1:1,2|
     * that they may gather.
       This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was
       furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or
       low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem.  They all
       became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief
       wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially
       entitled to inherit.

     * the custody.  Heb. the hand.  Hege.
     # 8|
     * Hegai.  the king's chamberlain.
       {Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate,
       Targum, and Syriac.

     * their things.
     # 12-14; Isa 3:18-23|