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Esther 2:21
In those days, when, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king who guarded the threshold, were wroth, and sought to thrust a hand upon King Ahasuerus;
Esther 2:21 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
Esther 2:21 in other translations
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
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In context
18 Then the king made a great banquet, for all his rulers and his servants, the banquet of Esther,—and, a remission, for all the provinces, made he, and gave a present, according to the bounty of a king.
19 Now, when virgins were gathered together second time, then, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king.
20 Esther had not told of her kindred, nor her people, as, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her,—and, the command of Mordecai, Esther performed, like as when she was being brought up with him.
21 In those days, when, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king who guarded the threshold, were wroth, and sought to thrust a hand upon King Ahasuerus;
22 but the thing became known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen,—and Esther told it unto the king, in the name of Mordecai.
23 And, when the thing was searched into and found [true], then were they two hanged upon the gallows, and it was written, in the book of the chronicles, before the king.
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