These books, such as –Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Tobit, and Judith, 1st and 2nd Maccabees, additions to Esther and Daniel– have been ... In regards to Protestant Bibles, such as the King James Version of ...

The young Jewess Esther, adopted daughter of her uncle Mordecai, is among the girls selected; they are told to beautify themselves in the royal harem and prepare to spend the night with the king.