Est 6:1-3 | ESV | STEP | On that night the king could not sleep . And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds , the chronicles , and they were read before the king .

Esther 6:1-3

The King Honors Mordecai

1 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring ^athe book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written how ^bMordecai had told about ^cBigthana ^{▼▼ Bigthana is an alternate spelling of Bigthan (see 2:21)} and ^eTeresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said, “What honor or distinction has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” The king’s young men who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”