Bigthan
빅단
Named at Esther 2:21 with Teresh: “In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.” At 2:22–23 the thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name; “When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.” The Korean Revised Version reads 나무에 달고 (hanged on a tree).
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- EST 2:21–23, engwebp
21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
22This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.
23When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.
- EST 6:1–3, engwebp
1On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.
2It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
3The king said, “What honor and dignity has been given to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
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Took part in (1) — Bigthan and Teresh, the king’s eunuchs who were doorkeepers, seek to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus and are both hanged on a gallows
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In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
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Current wording: Named at Esther 2:21 with Teresh: “In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.” At 2:22–23 the thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name; “When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.” The Korean Revised Version reads 나무에 달고 (hanged on a tree).
Cited evidence: EST 2:21–23, engwebp / EST 6:1–3, engwebp
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