Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. New Living Translation Even after all the young women had been transferred to the second harem and Mordecai had become a palace official, English Standard Version Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. Berean Standard Bible When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. King James Bible And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. New King James Version When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king’s gate. New American Standard Bible Now when the virgins were gathered together for the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. NASB 1995 When the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. NASB 1977 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. Legacy Standard Bible And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. Amplified Bible And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. Christian Standard Bible When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the King’s Gate. Holman Christian Standard Bible When the young women were assembled together for a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the King’s Gate. American Standard Version And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And when the virgins were gathered the second time, Murdacai was sitting in the gate of the King. Brenton Septuagint Translation But Mardochaeus served in the palace. Contemporary English Version When the young women were brought together again, Esther's cousin Mordecai had become a palace official. Douay-Rheims Bible And when the virgins were sought the second time, and gathered together, Mardochai stayed at the king's gate, English Revised Version And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. GOD'S WORD® Translation When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. Good News Translation Meanwhile Mordecai had been appointed by the king to an administrative position. International Standard Version When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate. JPS Tanakh 1917 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, and Mordecai sat in the king's gate-- Literal Standard Version And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king; Majority Standard Bible When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. New American Bible As was said, from the time the virgins had been brought together, and while Mordecai was passing his time at the king’s gate, NET Bible Now when the young women were being gathered again, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. New Revised Standard Version When the virgins were being gathered together, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. New Heart English Bible When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the King's Gate. Webster's Bible Translation And when the virgins were assembled the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. World English Bible When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in 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; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Esther Becomes Queen…18Then 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. 19When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. 20Esther 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.… Cross References Esther 2:3 and 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 2:4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti." This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly. Esther 2:21 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. Esther 3:2 All 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 3:3 Then the royal servants at the king's gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the command of the king?" Esther 5:9 That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king's gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai. Daniel 2:49 And at Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king's court. Treasury of Scripture And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. the virgins. Esther 2:3,4 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 Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: … sat in the king's gate. Esther 2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. Esther 3:2,3 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence… Esther 5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. Jump to Previous Assembled Doorway Gate Gathered House King's Mordecai Mor'decai Sat Seat Second Sitting Time Together Virgins WomenJump to Next Assembled Doorway Gate Gathered House King's Mordecai Mor'decai Sat Seat Second Sitting Time Together Virgins WomenEsther 2 1. Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen.5. Mordecai the nursing father of Esther. 8. Esther preferred before the rest. 12. The manner of purification, and going in to the king. 15. Esther, best pleasing the king, is made queen. 21. Mordecai, discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles. (19) And when the virgins . . .--Here begins a fresh incident in the history, whose date we cannot fix precisely, save that it falls between the marriage of Esther and the twelfth year of Ahasuerus (Esther 3:7). The king "loved Esther above all the women," but how the word "love "is degraded in this connection is seen by the fact that after she had been his wife certainly less (possibly much less) than five years, there takes place a second gathering of virgins (there is no article in the Hebrew), like the one previously mentioned (Esther 2:2). We should treat Esther 2:20 as parenthetical, and join Esther 2:21 closely to Esther 2:19. Then Mordecai sat.--Translate, and Mordecai was sitting. . . . Verse 19. - When the virgins were gathered together. Rather, "When virgins." There is no article. The fact seems to be mentioned simply as furnishing a date, and we must suppose both that there was a second gathering, and that the time when it happened was generally known to the Jews and Persians. Then Mordecai sat, etc. The three verses, 19, 20, 21, hang together, and form a single sentence: "When virgins were gathered together a second time, and Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate - now Esther had not showed her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther did the command of Mordecai like as when she was brought up with him - in those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, being of the number of them which kept the threshold, were wroth," etc.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When the virginsבְּתוּל֖וֹת (bə·ṯū·lō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride were assembled וּבְהִקָּבֵ֥ץ (ū·ḇə·hiq·qā·ḇêṣ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6908: To gather, collect a second [time], שֵׁנִ֑ית (šê·nîṯ) Number - ordinal feminine singular Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number) Mordecai וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖י (ū·mā·rə·do·ḵay) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4782: Mordecai -- a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther was sitting יֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry at the King’s הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king Gate. בְּשַֽׁעַר־ (bə·ša·‘ar-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate Links Esther 2:19 NIVEsther 2:19 NLT Esther 2:19 ESV Esther 2:19 NASB Esther 2:19 KJV Esther 2:19 BibleApps.com Esther 2:19 Biblia Paralela Esther 2:19 Chinese Bible Esther 2:19 French Bible Esther 2:19 Catholic Bible OT History: Esther 2:19 When the virgins were gathered together (Est Esth. 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