Est 2:21-23, 6:2 | ESV | STEP | In those days , as Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate , Bigthan and Teresh , two of the king’s eunuchs , who guarded the threshold , became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus .

Esther 2:21-23

21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, ^aBigthan and ^bTeresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, ^cand he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows. ^{▼▼Or suspended on a stake} And it was recorded in ^ethe book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.

Esther 6:2

2 And it was found written how ^fMordecai had told about ^gBigthana ^{▼▼ Bigthana is an alternate spelling of Bigthan (see 2:21)} and ⁱTeresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.