Berean Standard Bible
Esther 2:19-23
19When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.1 20Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan2 and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
22When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
23After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles3 in the presence of the king.
Notes
- 1. Esther 2:19 Or Mordecai had become a palace official ↩
- 2. Esther 2:21 Bigthan is a variant of Bigthana; see Esther 6:2. ↩
- 3. Esther 2:23 Or the Book of the Annals or the Book of the Historical Events ↩
Commentaries on Esther 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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