Esther 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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate,.... Being, as before observed, an officer at court:
two of the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Conspiracies inside the palace were ordinary occurrences in Persia. Xerxes was ultimately murdered by Artabanus, the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Mordecai sat in the kings gate - Mordecai might have been one of the officers of the king, as the gate was the place…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Esther 2:21-23
This good service which Mordecai did to the government, in discovering a plot against the life of the king, is here…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate The main course of the story is thus resumed from Est…
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