Esther 2:5
in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given :
4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7 And he brought up Hadassah, that , Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.