Esther 2:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Esther 2:19 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Esther 2:19 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 2:3and 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.
- Esther 2:21In 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.
- Esther 3:2All 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.
- Esther 3:3Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
- Esther 5:13Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
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