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That night the king could not sleep, so he ordered that the chronicles,[a] the record of the memorable events of his reign, be brought to him. These accounts were read to the king.

They found the account about the incident when Mordecai had reported Bigthan[b] and Teresh, the king’s two eunuchs who had controlled access to the entrance to the palace, who had tried to assassinate King Xerxes.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 6:1 Or annals
  2. Esther 6:2 Here spelled Bigthana in Hebrew. Such spelling variants are common in the biblical books.