Esther 2:18-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸ Then ^(A)the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and his servants; he also made a holiday for the provinces and gave gifts ^(B)in proportion to the king’s bounty.

^19 (C)Now when the virgins were gathered together for the second time, then Mordecai ^(D)was sitting at the king’s gate. ^20 (E)Esther still had not revealed her relatives or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her; for Esther did ^[a]what Mordecai told her just as she had ^(F)when under his care.