Matthew Poole and continuators on Esther 2:3

3 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 kings chamberlain, keeper of the women , and let their things for purification be given them.

Either 1 Of the Virgins, who are oft called Women, as here v. 11, 12. and elsewhere. So it is a Synecdoche. Or 2. Of all the Women, both Virgins and Concubines: only the Virgins he himself took care of, as requiring more care and caution, and the Concubines he committed to Shaashgaz, ver. 14. his Deputy.

i. e. To cleanse them from all impurities and indecencies, to anoint, and perfume, and adorn, and every way prepare them for the Kings presence and service: for the legal purifications of the Jews he never regarded.

Marginal references: Heb. unto the hand.; Or, Hegai▪ v. 8.