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 \v 15 Now when the time came for Esther (daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter) to go in to the king, she did not ask for anything but what Hegai the king’s official, who was in charge of the women, suggested. Now Esther won the favor of all who saw her.
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-\v 16 Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into the royal residence on the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
+\v 16 Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into the royal residence on the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
 
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 \v 17 The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she won favor and kindness before him, more than all the other virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.