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Esther 2:19

Mordecai

17 And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

20 Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.

21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

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BSB
When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
KJV
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
WEB
When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
ASV
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king`s gate.
DARBY
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
BLB
And the virgins were gathered a second [time], and Mordecai was sitting at the gate of the king.
ÅB
Da det for annen gang ble samlet sammen jomfruer, satt Mordekai i kongens port.
OTB
Da jomfruene ble samlet sammen en annen gang, satt Mordekai ved kongens port.
B1930
Da det for annen gang blev samlet sammen jomfruer, satt Mordekai i kongens port.

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  • Esther 2:21

    In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

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  • Esther 2:3–4

    and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.

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  • Esther 3:2–3

    All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

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  • Esther 5:13

    Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

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