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Esther 2:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Esther 2:21

Verse 21 of 23

Scripture focus

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 2:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Esther 2:21

Theological / Devotional

In those days. See on v. 19.

Chamberlains. Literally, “eunuchs.”

The door. Literally, the “threshold.” Bigthan and Teresh were apparently eunuchs responsible for guarding the entrance to the king’s private quarters, perhaps his sleeping apartment. Their position of high trust gave the conspirators an advantage. History records the fact that Xerxes eventually lost his life in a conspiracy of the kind here described.

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