Esther 2:12 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NASB

Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their beauty treatment were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with balsam oil and the cosmetics for women—

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Manner. —Translate, law or ordinance, as in Esther 1:8; Esther 1:15.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to King Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of women…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

We see to what absurd practices those resorted who were lacking Divine revelation, and what need there was for the gospel of Christ to purify peopl…