Mordecai Saves the King

¹⁹ When the virgins^(A) were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the King’s Gate.^(B)

²¹ During those days while Mordecai was sitting at the King’s Gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs^(A) who guarded the entrance, became infuriated and planned to assassinate^[a] King Ahasuerus.