Esther:2:19-23
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And when the virgins were gathered together the (
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That is ,
at the marriage of Esther ,
which was the second marriage for the king .(:
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second time ,
then Mordecai sat in the king '
s gate .
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Ester had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people ,
as Mordecai had charged her :
for Ester did after the worde of Mordecai ,
as when she was nourished with him .
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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 (
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Meaning ,
to kill him .(:
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hand on the king Ahasuerus .
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And the thing was knowen to Mordecai ,
and he tolde it vnto Queene Ester ,
and Ester certified the King thereof in Mordecais name :
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And when inquisition was made of the matter ,
it was found out ;
therefore they were both hanged on a tree :
and it was written in the book of the (
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In the chronicles of the Medes and Persians , (
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:2 ).(:
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chronicles before the king .