Esther 2:19
in Esther 2When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
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ASV
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
KJV
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
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This verse in Esther 2
Commentary
5 notes on this verseVirgins are being sought for the king a second time and gathered together, because it was not enough for our Lord Jesus Christ to associate himself exclusively with the Jewish members of the early Church; rather he also acquired through his preachers copious numbers of …
This site's exposition
When the virgins were assembled
on Esther 2:19-20
The virgins are assembled "a second time," and "Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate," where officials of the court sat. Esther still keeps "her lineage or her people" hidden. The narrator repeats her obedience so the reader knows the crown has left it unchanged.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Mordecai say in the king's gate; that was the height of his preferment: he was one of the porters or door-keepers of the court. Whether he had this place before, or whether Esther obtained it for him, we are not told; but there he sat contentedly, and aimed no higher; and yet Esther who was advanced to the throne was observant of him.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
When the virgins ... - Rather, “when virgins” etc. The words begin a new paragraph. There was a second collection of virgins (after that of Est 2:8), and it was at the time of this second collection that Mordecai had the good fortune to save the king’s life.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְהִקָּבֵ֥ץ | uvehikavetz | and when were gathered | H6908 → | 127 times |
| בְּתוּל֖וֹת | betulot | virgins | H1330 → | 50 times |
| שֵׁנִ֑ית | shenit | a second [time] | H8145 → | 156 times |
| וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖י | umaredokhai | and Mordecai | H4782 → | 60 times |
| יֹשֵׁ֥ב | yoshev | [was] sitting | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּשַֽׁעַר־ | beshaar- | at [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וּבְהִקָּבֵ֥ץand when were gathered
uvehikavetzH6908 →127 times
בְּתוּל֖וֹתvirgins
betulotH1330 →50 times
שֵׁנִ֑יתa second [time]
shenitH8145 →156 times
וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יand Mordecai
umaredokhaiH4782 →60 times
יֹשֵׁ֥ב[was] sitting
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
בְּשַֽׁעַר־at [the] gate of
beshaar-H8179 →374 times
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
it leads to
- Esther 6:2
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- 1 Kings 16:9
However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
- 2 Kings 12:20
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
- 2 Kings 21:23
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
- Esther 6:2
Through
Esther 5:13Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
it leads to
- Philippians 4:11–12
I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
- Job 18:4
You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- Job 15:20
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
- Philippians 4:11–12
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Rabanus Maurus, Commentary on Esther.