Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Esther 2:19
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When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
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And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
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When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
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And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
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Esther 2
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.
19 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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