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Esther 2:21 KJV
Esther · chapter 2 · verse 21
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.Esther 2:21 · King James Version
Esther 2:21 in context
19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
20Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
21In 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.
22And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
23And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- chamberlainsçârîyça eunuchH5631 →
- MordecaiMordᵉkayMordecai, an IsraeliteH4782 →
- BigthanBigthânBigthan or Bigthana, a eunuch of XerxesH904 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
- TereshTereshTeresh, a eunuch of XerxesH8657 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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This good service which Mordecai did to the government, in discovering a plot against the life of the king, is here recorded, because the mention of it will again occur to his advantage.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-23