Esther 2:14
βIn the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the kingβs chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.β
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Read in Esther 2Meaning
The verse makes clear the unequal structure of the royal system and the uncertain future of those who pass through it. Esther's later elevation is exceptional within this arrangement.