Esther 2:21

In context

19When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. 20Esther still had not disclosed her family or her people, just as Mordecai had ordered her; she went on carrying out Mordecai’s word as she had when she was under his care. 21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the threshold, grew angry and plotted to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22The matter came to Mordecai’s knowledge, and he told Queen Esther, and Esther reported it to the king in Mordecai’s name. 23The matter was investigated and found to be true, and the two of them were hanged on a pole. It was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.