Esther 2:21

In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan ¹  and Teresh, ²  two of the king’s eunuchs who protected the entrance, ³  became angry and plotted to assassinate ⁴  King Ahasuerus.

2Sa 4:5,6; 2Sa 16:11; 1Ki 15:25-27; 1Ki 16:9; 2Ki 9:22-24; 2Ki 12:20; 2Ki 21:23; Es 6:2; Ps 144:10

¹ tn This individual is referred to as “Bigthana,” a variant spelling of the name, in Esth 6:2.

² tc The LXX does not include the names “Bigthan and Teresh” here.

³ tn Heb “guarders of the threshold”; NIV “who guarded the doorway.”

⁴ tn Heb “sought to send a hand against”; CEV “decided to kill.”