Esther 2:17-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

Esther Becomes Queen

¹⁷ The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the virgins, so that ^(A)he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. ¹⁸ Then ^(B)the king gave a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his princes and his servants; he also made a holiday for the provinces and gave gifts ^(C)according to the king’s bounty.

^19 (D)When the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai ^(E)was sitting at the king’s gate.