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21 In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan[a] and Teresh,[b] two of the king’s eunuchs who protected the entrance,[c] became angry and plotted to assassinate[d] King Ahasuerus.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:21 tn This individual is referred to as “Bigthana,” a variant spelling of the name, in Esth 6:2.
  2. Esther 2:21 tc The LXX does not include the names “Bigthan and Teresh” here.
  3. Esther 2:21 tn Heb “guarders of the threshold”; NIV “who guarded the doorway.”
  4. Esther 2:21 tn Heb “sought to send a hand against”; CEV “decided to kill.”