Esther 2:19-23

Christian Standard Bible

Mordecai Saves the King

¹⁹ When the virgins^(A) were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the King’s Gate.^{(B) 20} Esther still did not reveal her family background or her ethnicity, as Mordecai had directed. She obeyed Mordecai’s orders, as she always had while he raised her.

²¹ During those days while Mordecai was sitting at the King’s Gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs^(C) who guarded the entrance, became infuriated and planned to assassinate^[a] King Ahasuerus. ²² When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she told the king on Mordecai’s behalf.^{(D) 23} When the report was investigated and verified, both men were hanged on the gallows.^(E) This event was recorded in the Historical Record in the king’s presence.