Yǐsītièjì 2:19

19 Dì èr cì zhāo jù chǔnǚ de shíhou , Mòdǐgǎi zuò zaì zhāo mén .

Yǐsītièjì 2:19 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 2:19

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time,
&c.] Some think this second collection is that which was made when Esther was taken and brought to the keeper of the women, called the second, in reference to a former collection of them, made when Vashti was taken and made queen; but as there is no proof of any such collection then made, rather the case was this, such was the lust of the king, though he had a queen he loved, and a multitude of concubine's, yet a second collection of virgins was made for his gratification:

then Mordecai sat in the king's gate;
or court, being an officer in it, promoted by the interest of Esther, though not as yet known to be a relation of her's: so (yura) in Xenophon ^F26 is used of the court of the king of Persia, as the Ottoman or Turkish court is now called the "Porte".

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Cyropaedia, l. 8. c. 2, 5, 11, 40.

Yǐsītièjì 2:19 In-Context

17 Wáng aì Yǐsītiĕ guòyú aì zhòng nǚ , tā zaì wáng yǎnqián méng chǒngaì bǐ zhòng chǔnǚ gèng shén . wáng jiù bǎ wáng hòu de guānmiǎn daì zaì tā tóu shang , lì tā wèi wáng hòu , daìtì Wǎshítí .

18 Wáng yīn Yǐsītiĕ de yuángù gĕi zhòng shǒulǐng hé chénpú shè bǎi dà yánxí , yòu huō miǎn gè shĕng de zū shuì , bìng zhào wáng de hòu yì dà bān shǎngcì .

19 Dì èr cì zhāo jù chǔnǚ de shíhou , Mòdǐgǎi zuò zaì zhāo mén .

20 Yǐsītiĕ zhào zhe Mòdǐgǎi suǒ zhǔfu de , hái méiyǒu jiāng jí guàn zōngzú gàosu rén . yīnwei Yǐsītiĕ zūn Mòdǐgǎi de méng , rú fǔ yǎng tāde shíhou yíyàng .

21 Dāng nàshíhòu , Mòdǐgǎi zuò zaì zhāo mén , wáng de taì jiān zhōng yǒu liǎng gè shǒu mén de , Pītàn hé Tíliè , nǎohèn Yàhǎsuílǔ wáng , xiǎng yào xià shǒu haì tā .