Esther 6:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 And it was found written what (A)Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to [a]attack King Ahasuerus. 3 Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.” 4 So the king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just (B)entered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about (C)hanging Mordecai on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for him.
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- Esther 6:2 Or kill; lit put out a hand against
Esther 6:2-4
New King James Version
2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of [a]Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 3 Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?”
And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
4 So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered (A)the outer court of the king’s palace (B)to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
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- Esther 6:2 Bigthan, Esth. 2:21
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