Bigthan
Chamberlain of Ahasuerus who plotted with Teresh against the king and was hanged after Mordecai exposed the plot.
Also called Bigthana.
2 passages
Plots Against the King, Exposed by Mordecai, Hanged
21In those days Mordecai sat at the king's gate. Two of the king's helpers, Bigthan and Teresh, guarded the door. They became angry and made a plan to kill King Ahasuerus.
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.
22Mordecai found out about the plan. He told Queen Esther. Esther told the king, and she said the news came from Mordecai.
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
23People looked into the matter and found it was true. So both men were hanged. The whole story was written in the king's record book.
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Trying to kill a king was punished by death. The king's record book was where important events were written down. Someone could read it aloud to the king later.
The Chronicles Recall His Plot and Mordecai's Report
1That night the king could not sleep. So he asked for the book of records. It told about things that had happened in his kingdom. His servants read it out loud to him.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
The book of records was a long scroll. Servants wrote down what happened in the kingdom. A king could look back and see who had helped him.
2The book said that Mordecai had once told about Bigthana and Teresh. They were two of the king's servants who guarded his door. They had planned to kill King Ahasuerus.
And it was found written, 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.
King Ahasuerus ruled Persia, a very big country long ago. Some Bibles call him Xerxes. The men who guarded his door were trusted servants who stayed close to him.
3The king asked, "What good thing was given to Mordecai for this?" The servants who waited on him said, "Nothing was done for him."
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
To honor someone means to show everyone that they did something good. A king might give a gift, a prize, or a special job.
Every passage here is the King James text. Nothing on this page retells the story; it only puts the pieces in order.