Esther 2:19

All the time the virgins were assembled again, Mordecai was sitting as an official at the king’s gate.

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In The King James Version

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.

In Context

18Then the king gave a great feast to all his officials and courtiers in honor of Esther, and he remitted the taxes of the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.

20Esther had not revealed her people or family background because she still obeyed him as she had when he was bringing her up.

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Cross References

Esther 2:3and let the king appoint commissioners to all the provinces of his kingdom to gather them all to Susa the royal residence. Let them be brought into the women’s quarters under the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who has charge of the women. Then give them what is needed to make them beautiful,

Esther 3:2All the king’s courtiers who were in the king’s gate used to bow down before Haman, for so the king had commanded, but Mordecai did not bow down nor prostrate himself.

Esther 5:13Yet all this does not satisfy me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

Matthew Henry on Esther 2:2-21

Esther's Advancement; Esther Chosen Queen. ( b. c. 514.) 1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: 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… Read the whole commentary →

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