^19 (A)And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai ^(B)was sitting at the king’s gate. ^20 (C)Esther had not yet told anyone about her kinsmen or her people, just as Mordecai had commanded her; indeed Esther was doing ^[a]what Mordecai declared that she do, just as she had done ^(D)when she was being brought up by him.

Two of the King’s Eunuchs Are Hanged

²¹ In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, ^(E)Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs from those who were doorkeepers, became furious and sought to send forth their hand against King Ahasuerus. ²² But the matter became known to Mordecai, and ^(F)he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther said it to the king in Mordecai’s name. ²³ Then the matter was sought out and found to be true, so they were both hanged on a ^[b]gallows; and it was written in ^(G)the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.