Now when the young women were being gathered again, ¹  Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. ² 

biblegateway Est 2:19

When the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

When the young women were assembled together for a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the King's Gate.

When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

biblegateway Est 2:19

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

Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

bibleoremus Est 2:19

When the virgins were being gathered together, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

MORDECAI was in attendance in the court.

biblegateway Est 2:19

When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king’s gate.

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

biblegateway Est 2:19

Now when the young women were being gathered again, ¹  Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. ² 

¹ tc The LXX does not include the words “Now when the young women were being gathered again.” The Hebrew word שֵׁנִית (shenit, “a second time”) is difficult in v. 19, but apparently it refers to a subsequent regathering of the women to the harem.

² sn That Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate apparently means that he was a high-ranking government official. It was at the city gate where important business was transacted. Being in this position afforded Mordecai an opportunity to become aware of the plot against the king’s life, although the author does not include the particular details of how this information first came to Mordecai’s attention.