Esther 2:19
When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.
Esther 2:21
At that time when Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs among those who guarded the threshold, became angry and conspired to assassinate King Ahasuerus.
Esther 2:3-4
Let the king appoint officials in all the provinces of his kingdom to bring all the beautiful young virgins into the harem in Susa the capital. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women to give them their beauty treatments.
Esther 5:13
But all this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
Esther 3:2-3
All the king's ministers who were in the king's gate would kneel and bow down to Haman, because the king had commanded that Haman be honored in this way. Mordecai, however, would not kneel and would not bow down.