Esther 2:19

But Mardochaeus served in the palace.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

18And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.

20Now Esther had not revealed her + 2:20 Gr. country. kindred; for so Mardochaeus commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him: and Esther changed not her manner of life.

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Cross References

Esther 2:3And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women's apartment, and let them be consigned to the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.

Esther 3:2And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochaeus did not do him obeisance.

Esther 5:13But these things please me not, while I see Mardochaeus the Jew in the court.

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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