custody And [under] the {custody} and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, custody 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 [them]: custody So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the {custody} of Hegai, keeper of the women. custody So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the {custody} of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. custody 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, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted i n her, and that she were called by name. ~~~~~~