God’s Word Translation
Esther 2:19
19When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
Esther 2:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
- New International Version (NIV)When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king’s gate.
Context of Esther 2:19
17Now, the king loved Esther more than all the other women and favored her over all the other virgins. So he put the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18Then the king held a great banquet for Esther. He invited all his officials and his advisers. He also declared that day a holiday in the provinces, and he handed out gifts from his royal generosity. When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. 20Esther still had not revealed her family background or nationality, as Mordecai had ordered her. Esther always did whatever Mordecai told her, as she did when she was a child. 21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, became angry and planned to kill King Xerxes.
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וּבְהִקָּבֵ֥ץ בְּתוּל֖וֹת שֵׁנִ֑ית וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖י יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּשַֽׁעַר־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Esther 2:19
- Esther 2:3And appoint scouts in all the provinces of your kingdom to gather all the attractive young virgins and bring them to the fortress of Susa, to the women’s quarters. There, in the care of the king’s eunuch Hegai, the guardian of the women, they will have their beauty treatment.
- Esther 2:21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, became angry and planned to kill King Xerxes.
- Esther 3:2All the king’s advisers were at the king’s gate, kneeling and bowing to Haman with their faces touching the ground, because the king had commanded it. But Mordecai would not kneel and bow to him.
- Esther 5:13Yet, all this is worth nothing to me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
Commentaries on Esther 2:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19When the virgins - Rather, “when virgins” etc. The words begin a new paragraph. There was a second collection of virgins (after that of Esther 2:8), and it was at the time of this second collection that Mordecai had the good fortune to save the king‘s life.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19When the virgins were assembled a second time: Since the queen had been chosen, the rest of the woman would join the other concubines. Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate: Court cases and official business took place at the gate. There, Mordecai heard about the plot against the king (Esther 2:21–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201-3. After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased--On recovering from the violent excitement of his revelry and rage, the king was pierced with poignant regret for the unmerited treatment he had given to his beautiful and dignified queen. But, according to the law, which made the word of a Persian king irrevocable, she could not be restored. His counsellors, for their own sake, were solicitous to remove his disquietude, and hastened…Read the comment
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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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