Esther 2:22-23

Expanded Bible

²² But Mordecai found out about their ·plans [plot] and told Queen Esther. Then Esther told the king ·how Mordecai had discovered the evil plan [^Lin Mordecai’s name]. ²³ When the report was investigated, it was found to be ·true [so], and ·the two officers who had planned to kill the king [^Lthey both] were ·hanged [impaled; ^Con a stake or sharpened pole, a common form of execution]. All this was written down in the ·daily court record [book of the annals/chronicles] in the king’s presence.