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Two of the King’s Eunuchs Are Hanged

21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, (A)Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs from those who were doorkeepers, became furious and sought to send forth their hand against King Ahasuerus.

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21 During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthana[a] and Teresh, two of the king’s officers(A) who guarded the doorway, became angry(B) and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:21 Hebrew Bigthan, a variant of Bigthana

And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing down and prostrating themselves before Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But (A)Mordecai would not bow down or prostrate himself.

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All the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.

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