Ester 6:2

2 Vi si trovò scritto che Mardocheo avea denunziato Bigthan e Teresh, i due eunuchi del re di fra i guardiani della soglia, i quali avean cercato d’attentare alla vita del re Assuero.

Ester 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.

Ester 6:2 In-Context

1 Quella notte il re, non potendo prender sonno, ordinò che gli si portasse il libro delle Memorie, le Cronache; e ne fu fatta la lettura in presenza del re.

2 Vi si trovò scritto che Mardocheo avea denunziato Bigthan e Teresh, i due eunuchi del re di fra i guardiani della soglia, i quali avean cercato d’attentare alla vita del re Assuero.

3 Allora il re chiese: "Qual onore e qual distinzione s’è dato a Mardocheo per questo?" Quelli che servivano il re risposero: "Non s’è fatto nulla per lui".

4 E il re disse: "Chi è nel cortile?" Or Haman era venuto nel cortile esterno della casa del re, per dire al re di fare appiccare Mardocheo alla forca ch’egli avea preparata per lui.

5 I servi del re gli risposero: "Ecco, c’è Haman nel cortile". E il re: "Fatelo entrare".