Esther 2:5 (KJV) — 'Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain J…

Esther 2:7 (KJV) — Mordecai 'brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother.'

Esther 2:7 (KJV)

Esther 2:21 (KJV) — Mordecai 'sat in the king's gate... two of the king's chamberlains... sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.'

Esther 2:21 (KJV)

Esther 3:2-4 (KJV) — Mordecai 'bowed not, nor did him reverence,' for he was a Jew who would not bow to a man as if to God.

Esther 3:2 (KJV)

Esther 4:1 (KJV) — 'When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry.'

Esther 4:1 (KJV)

Esther 4:13-14 (KJV) — Mordecai sent word: 'Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house... and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?'

Esther 4:14 (KJV)

Esther 6:8-9 (KJV) — Haman suggested: 'Let the royal apparel be brought... and the horse that the king rideth upon... and bring him on horseback through the street of the city.'

Esther 6:8 (KJV)