Esther 2:19-21

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¹⁹ Later the king demanded a second bevy of beautiful girls.^[a] By that time Mordecai had become a government official.

²⁰ Esther still hadn’t told anyone she was a Jewess, for she was still following Mordecai’s orders, just as she had in his home.

²¹ One day as Mordecai was on duty at the palace, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh—who were guards at the palace gate—became angry at the king and plotted to assassinate him.