Esther 6:2

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
found	וַיִּמָּצֵ֣א vai.yi.ma.Tze'	H4672	properly · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
written	כָת֗וּב kha.Tuv	H3789	to grave · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
Mordecai	מָרְדֳּכַ֜י ma.re.do.Khai	H4782	Mordecai · proper noun, a man's name
told	הִגִּ֨יד hi.Gid	H5046	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Bigthana	בִּגְתָ֣נָא big.Ta.na'	H904	Bigthan or Bigthana · proper noun, a man's name
Teresh	וָתֶ֗רֶשׁ va.Te.resh	H8657	Teresh · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
two	שְׁנֵי֙ she.Nei	H8147	two · cardinal number, both genders dual construct
king’s	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
chamberlains	סָרִיסֵ֣י sa.ri.Sei	H5631	a eunuch · noun, common masculine plural construct
keepers	מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖י mi.sho.me.Rei	H8104	properly · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
door	הַסַּ֑ף ha.Saf	H5592	a vestibule (as a limit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sought	בִּקְשׁוּ֙ bik.Shu	H1245	to search out (by any method · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
lay	לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ lish.Lo.ach	H7971	to send away · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
hand	יָ֔ד Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular absolute
king	בַּמֶּ֖לֶךְ ba.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Ahasuerus	אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ 'a.chash.ve.Ro.osh	H325	Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Esther 2:21-22 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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:1-3

Now Satan put it into the heart of Haman to contrive Mordecai's death we read in the foregoing chapter; how God put it into the heart of the king to contrive Mordecai's honour we are here told. Now, if the king's word will prevail above Haman's (for, though Haman be a great man, the king in the throne must be above him), much more will the counsel of God stand, whatever devices there are in men's hearts. It is to no purpose therefore for Haman to oppose it, when both God and the king will have Mordecai honoured, and in this juncture too, when his preferment, and Haman's disappointment, would help to ripen the great affair of the Jewish deliverance for the effort that Esther was to make towar…

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Adam Clarke on Esther 6:1

On that night could not the king sleep - The Targum says the king had a dream, which was as follows: - "And the king saw one in the similitude of a man who spoke these words to him: Haman desireth to slay thee, and to make himself king in thy stead. Behold, he will come unto thee early in the morning, to ask from thee the man who rescued thee from death, that he may slay him: but say thou unto Haman, What shall be done for the man whose honor the king studieth? And thou wilt find that he will ask nothing less from thee than the royal vestments, the regal crown, and the horse on which the king is wont to ride." The records of the chronicles - It may be well asked, Why should the king, in such…

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John Gill on Esther 6:2

And it was found written,.... Upon reading, and in which there was also a peculiar hand of Providence, directing to the reading of that part of them in which the affair of Mordecai was registered: and if what the latter Targum says is true, it was the more remarkable, that when Shimshai the scribe, who was ordered to bring the book and read, and who, according to the former Targum, was Haman's son, seeing what was recorded of Mordecai, turned over the leaves of the book, being unwilling to read it; but the leaves rolled back again, and he was obliged to read it: 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…

Dictionary and topics

Bigthan — One of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king’s life. Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits were hanged (Esther 2:21-23;…
Teresh — Severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2).
Bigthan · A conspiring Persian courtier — A conspiring Persian courtier
Civil Service · APPOINTMENT IN, ON ACCOUNT OF MERIT — APPOINTMENT IN, ON ACCOUNT OF MERIT
Mordecai · Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life and is rewar — Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life and is rewar
Teresh · Plotted against Ahasuerus — Plotted against Ahasuerus

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Esther 6:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:1-3

Adam Clarke on Esther 6:1

John Gill on Esther 6:2

Dictionary and topics

Esther 6:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:1-3

Adam Clarke on Esther 6:1

John Gill on Esther 6:2

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 6:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 6:2

Rashi on Esther 6:1