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 guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
Note Bigthan is a variant of Bigthana; see Esther 6:2.
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.
Note Bigthan: also called, Bigthana
Note the door: Heb. the threshold
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.
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Bigthan
- Esther 6:2
- Bigthana
- door. Heb. threshold. and sought.
- 2 Samuel 4:5, 6; 2 Samuel 16:11; 1 Kings 15:25–27; 1 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 9:22–24; 2 Kings 12:20; 2 Kings 21:23; Psalm 144:10