Esther 6:2

2 En men vond geschreven, dat Mordechai had te kennen gegeven van Bigthana en Theres, twee kamerlingen des konings, uit de dorpelwachters, die de hand zochten te leggen aan den koning Ahasveros.

Esther 6:2 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 6:2

And it was found written
Upon reading, and in which there was also a peculiar hand of Providence, directing to the reading of that part of them in which the affair of Mordecai was registered: and if what the latter Targum says is true, it was the more remarkable, that when Shimshai the scribe, who was ordered to bring the book and read, and who, according to the former Targum, was Haman's son, seeing what was recorded of Mordecai, turned over the leaves of the book, being unwilling to read it; but the leaves rolled back again, and he was obliged to read it:

that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's
chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on
the King Ahasuerus;
see ( Esther 2:21 ) , and it was usual in such diaries to record the names of persons, who, by any actions, had deserved well of the king, that they might be rewarded as there was an opportunity for it; and such, in the Persian language, were called Orosangae, as Herodotus relates ^F15.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Urania, sive, l. 8. c. 85.

Esther 6:2 In-Context

1 In denzelfden nacht was de slaap van den koning geweken, en hij zeide, dat men het boek der gedachtenissen, de kronieken, brengen zou; en zij werden in de tegenwoordigheid des konings gelezen.

2 En men vond geschreven, dat Mordechai had te kennen gegeven van Bigthana en Theres, twee kamerlingen des konings, uit de dorpelwachters, die de hand zochten te leggen aan den koning Ahasveros.

3 Toen zeide de koning: Wat eer en verhoging is Mordechai hierover gedaan? En de jongelingen des konings, zijn dienaars, zeiden: Aan hem is niets gedaan.

4 Toen zeide de koning: Wie is in het voorhof? (Haman nu was gekomen in het buitenvoorhof van het huis des konings, om den koning te zeggen, dat men Mordechai zou hangen aan de galg, die hij hem had doen bereiden.)

5 En des konings jongelingen zeiden tot hem: Zie, Haman staat in het voorhof. Toen zeide de koning: Dat hij inkome.