Esther 2:19
Now when the young women were being gathered again, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.
Esther 2:21
In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who protected the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.
Esther 2:3-4
And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem under the authority of Hegai, the king's eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire.
Esther 5:13
Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
Esther 3:2-3
As a result, all the king's servants who were at the king's gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, nor did he pay him homage.