Berean Standard Bible
Esther 2:19-23
19When the virginsH1330 were assembledH6908 a secondH8145 time, MordecaiH4782 was sittingH3427 at the king’sH4428 gateH8179.1 20EstherH635 still had notH369 revealedH5046 her lineageH4138 or her peopleH5971, just asH834 MordecaiH4782 had instructedH6680H5921. SheH635 obeyedH6213 Mordecai’sH4782 commandH3982, asH834 she had doneH1961 under his careH545H854.
21In thoseH1992 daysH3117, while MordecaiH4782 was sittingH3427 at the king’sH4428 gateH8179, BigthanH9042 and TereshH8657, twoH8147 of the king’sH4428 eunuchsH5631 who guardedH8104 the entranceH5592, grew angryH7107 and conspiredH1245 to assassinateH7971H3027 KingH4428 XerxesH325.
22When MordecaiH4782 learnedH3045 of the plotH1697, he reportedH5046 it to QueenH4436 EstherH635, and sheH635 informedH559 the kingH4428 on Mordecai’s behalfH4782H8034.
23After the reportH1697 had been investigatedH1245 and verifiedH4672, bothH8147 officials were hangedH8518 onH5921 the gallowsH6086. And all this was recordedH3789 in the BookH5612 of the ChroniclesH1697H31173 in the presenceH6440 of the kingH4428.
Notes
- 1. Esther 2:19 Or Mordecai had become a palace official ↩
- 2. Esther 2:21 Bigthan is a variant of Bigthana; see Esther 6:2. ↩
- 3. Esther 2:23 Or the Book of the Annals or the Book of the Historical Events ↩
Commentaries on Esther 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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