Esther 6:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

It was found written what Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Terh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it was found{H4672} written,{H3789} that Mordecai{H4782} had told{H5046} of Bigthana{H904} and Teresh,{H8657} two{H8147} of the king's{H4428} chamberlains,{H5631} of those that kept{H8104} the threshold,{H5592} who had sought{H1245} to lay{H7971} hands{H3027} on the king{H4428} Ahasuerus.{H325}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it was found{H4672}{(H8735)} written{H3789}{(H8803)}, that Mordecai{H4782} had told{H5046}{(H8689)} of Bigthana{H904} and Teresh{H8657}, two{H8147} of the king's{H4428} chamberlains{H5631}, the keepers{H8104}{(H8802)} of the door{H5592}, who sought{H1245}{(H8765)} to lay{H7971}{(H8800)} hand{H3027} on the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    they happened on the place where it was wrytte, how Mardocheus had tolde, that the kynges two chaberlaynes (which kepte ye tresholdes) sought to laie hondes on kinge Ahasuerus.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then it was found written that Mordecai had tolde of Bigtana, and Teresh two of the Kings eunuches, keepers of the dore, who sought to lay hands on the King Ahashuerosh.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then it was founde written howe Mardocheus had tolde that Bigthana & Theres the kinges two chamberlaynes which kept the thresholdes, sought to laye handes on king Ahasuerus.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those who kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    it was found written that Mordecai had disclosed that Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

Referenced Verses

  • Esth 2:21-22 : 21 During those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus. 22 When Mordecai learned about the plot, he informed Queen Esther, and she reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Esth 2:21-23
    3 verses
    90%

    21 During those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

    22 When Mordecai learned about the plot, he informed Queen Esther, and she reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai.

    23 The matter was investigated and confirmed, and both men were hanged on the gallows. This was recorded in the book of chronicles in the presence of the king.

  • Esth 6:1
    84%

    1 That night, the king couldn’t sleep, so he commanded that the book of records, the chronicles, be brought in and read before him.

  • Esth 6:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3 The king asked, "What honor or recognition has been given to Mordecai for this?" The king’s servants who attended him replied, "Nothing has been done for him."

    4 The king asked, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

    5 The king’s servants said to him, "Haman is standing in the courtyard." The king said, "Let him come in."

  • Esth 10:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 All his powerful acts, his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

    3 For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews, popular with most of his people as one who sought the good of his people and spoke peace to all his descendants.

  • Esth 3:6
    76%

    6 But he considered it beneath him to attack Mordecai alone, for they had told him about Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

  • Esth 1:10
    76%

    10 On the seventh day, when the king was in high spirits from the wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

  • Ezra 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the archives where treasures were stored in Babylon.

    2 And a scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written in it as a record:

  • Esth 3:3
    75%

    3 Then the king's servants who were at the gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's command?"

  • Esth 2:19
    75%

    19 When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

  • Esth 8:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the king’s presence because Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

    2 The king removed his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over Haman’s estate.

  • Esth 6:14
    75%

    14 While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared.

  • Esth 4:12
    75%

    12 When Mordecai was informed of what Esther said,

  • Esth 4:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5 Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.

    6 Hathach went out to Mordecai in the square of the city in front of the king's gate.

    7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

  • Esth 1:2
    74%

    2 At that time, King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

  • Esth 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s decree and command were to be carried out. On the day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to dominate them, the situation was reversed, and the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.

    2 The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike those who sought their harm. No one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the people.

    3 All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those doing the king’s work supported the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

  • Esth 8:7
    74%

    7 King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.'

  • Esth 6:10
    74%

    10 Then the king said to Haman, "Go quickly and take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have said."

  • Ezra 4:6
    73%

    6 At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Esth 1:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 The closest advisers to the king were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence and held the highest positions in the kingdom.

    15 The king asked, 'According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti for not obeying the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs?'

  • Esth 2:11
    73%

    11 Every day, Mordecai walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.

  • Esth 3:12
    73%

    12 On the thirteenth day of the first month, the king’s scribes were summoned and an edict was written according to all that Haman commanded. It was addressed to the satraps of the king, to the governors of each province, and to the officials of every people, to each province in its script and to each people in its language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

  • Esth 6:12
    73%

    12 Afterward, Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered in shame.

  • Esth 2:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 After these events, when King Ahasuerus’s anger had subsided, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

    2 Then the king’s attendants said, "Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.

  • Esth 8:5
    72%

    5 She said, 'If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the matter seems right to the king, and if I am pleasing in his eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.'

  • Esth 2:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 Now there was a Jewish man in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite.

    6 He had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the exiles who were deported with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile.

  • Esth 9:20
    72%

    20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

  • Esth 7:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the house of the wine banquet, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. The king exclaimed, "Will he even assault the queen in my own house?" As the words left the king’s mouth, Haman’s face was covered.

    9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, "Look! The gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke up for the king’s benefit, is standing at Haman’s house, fifty cubits tall." The king said, "Hang him on it!"

  • Esth 2:8
    72%

    8 When the king’s command and decree were heard, and many young women were gathered to the citadel of Susa under the custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and placed under the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.

  • Esth 9:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 But when the matter came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

    26 That is why these days were called Purim, from the word pur. Therefore, because of everything written in this letter, and because of what they had witnessed and what had happened to them,

  • Esth 3:9
    72%

    9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be written to destroy them, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the work, to be deposited in the king’s treasuries."

  • Esth 8:9
    71%

    9 The king’s scribes were summoned on that day, the third month (the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day, and an edict was written exactly as Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps, governors, and officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush, each province in its own script and language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

  • Esth 4:9
    71%

    9 Hathach returned and reported Mordecai’s message to Esther.

  • Esth 9:32
    71%

    32 And the command of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.