^2:21In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan³⁹ and Teresh,⁴⁰ two of the king’s eunuchs who protected the entrance,⁴¹ became angry and plotted to assassinate⁴² King Ahasuerus.

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Footnotes

39 This individual is referred to as “Bigthana,” a variant spelling of the name, in Esth 6:2.
40 The does not include the names “Bigthan and Teresh” here.
41 Heb “guarders of the threshold”; “who guarded the doorway.”
42 Heb “sought to send a hand against”; “decided to kill.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, became angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

During those days while Mordecai was sitting at the King’s Gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, became infuriated and planned to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

NLTNew Living Translation

One day as Mordecai was on duty at the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthana and Teresh—who were guards at the door of the king’s private quarters—became angry at King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In those days Mordecai was sitting at the gate of the king. Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs from the keepers of the threshold, became angry and they conspired to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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