Mordecai Discovers a Plot

¹⁹ When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king’s gate.

²¹ In those days, while Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, ^[a]Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

Haman’s Plot Against Mordecai

⁹ So Haman went out that day ^(A)joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and ^(B)that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai.