Captive: Advanced to Positions in State

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. …

When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.