² And it was found written how ^(A)Mordecai had told about ^(B)Bigthana^[a] and ^(C)Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

²¹ In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, ^(A)Bigthan and ^(B)Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. ²² And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, ^(C)and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai.