Est Esther, chapter Book of Esther, chapter 2
and servants of the king, his ministers, say, “Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance, and the king appoints inspectors in all provinces of his kingdom, and they gather every young woman—virgin, of good appearance—to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the hand of Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and to give their purifications,