Albert Barnes Commentary Esther 2:14

Albert Barnes Commentary

Esther 2:14

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Esther 2:14

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king`s chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name." — Esther 2:14 (ASV)

The second house of the women - that is, Esther returned to the “house of the women,” but not to the same part of it. She became an inmate of the “second house,” or “house of the concubines,” under the superintendence of a distinct officer, Shaashgaz.