Esther 2:19 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 2:19

17 The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal ^acrown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

18 Then the king ^amade a great feast, the Feast of Esther, for all his officials and servants; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the¹ generosity of a king.

Mordecai Discovers a Plot

19 When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king’s gate.

20 ^aNow Esther had not revealed her family and her people, just as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as when she was brought up by him.

21 In those days, while Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs,¹ Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

22 So the matter became known to Mordecai, ^awho told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.

23 And when an inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed, and both were hanged on a gallows; and it was written in ^athe book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.

Verse Comparison: Esther 2:19

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American Standard Version
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.

Amplified® Bible
And when the maidens were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

Contemporary English Version
When the young women were brought together again, Esther's cousin Mordecai had become a palace official.

Darby English Version
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

Good News Bible
Meanwhile Mordecai had been appointed by the king to an administrative position.

King James Version
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

New American Standard Bible
When the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

New International Version
When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

New King James Version
When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king’s gate.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When the virgins gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat at the king's gate.

Revised Standard Version
When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mor'decai was sitting at the king's gate.

Young's Literal Translation
And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;

New English Translation
Now when the young women were being gathered again,¹ Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.²

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