Esther 2:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And when the maidens were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ When they gathered the young women to the second women’s house, Mordecai was working for the king at the King’s Gate.

Esther 2:19 Cross References

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 hands on the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 5:13

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

Esther 5:9

Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

Daniel 2:49

And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.