Esther 2:19
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
KJV
Cumque secundo quærerentur virgines et congregarentur, Mardochæus manebat ad januam regis :
Vulgate
ὁ δὲ Μαρδοχαῖος ἐθεράπευεν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ.
LXX
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
ASV
וּ/בְ/הִקָּבֵ֥ץ בְּתוּל֖וֹת שֵׁנִ֑ית וּ/מָרְדֳּכַ֖י יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּ/שַֽׁעַר הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
Hebrew
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Mordecai
In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בְּתוּלַ֖ת
btvlt
noun · 50×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
ם
m
verb · 125×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י
mrdky
proper_noun · 60×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 2:49 — Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
- Esth 2:3 — And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of
- Esth 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 hand on the king Ahasuerus.
- Esth 3:2 — And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
- Esth 5:13 — Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.