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

Read full chapter

Mordecai Uncovers a Conspiracy

19 When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.(A)

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

21 During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthana[a] and Teresh, two of the king’s officers(A) who guarded the doorway, became angry(B) and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:21 Hebrew Bigthan, a variant of Bigthana