Ester 6:2

2 Ed in esse fu trovato scritto, che Mardocheo avea rivelata l’impresa di Bigtana, e di Teres, due eunuchi del re, de’ guardiani della soglia, i quali cercavano di metter la mano addosso al 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 In quella notte, avendo il re smarrito il sonno, comandò che si portasse il libro delle memorie de’ giornali; e quelle furono lette in presenza del re.

2 Ed in esse fu trovato scritto, che Mardocheo avea rivelata l’impresa di Bigtana, e di Teres, due eunuchi del re, de’ guardiani della soglia, i quali cercavano di metter la mano addosso al re Assuero.

3 Allora il re disse: In qual maniera è stato Mardocheo onorato e magnificato per questo? E i famigli del re che gli ministravano dissero: Non gli è stato fatto nulla.

4 E il re disse: Chi è nel cortile? Or Haman era venuto nel cortile difuori del palazzo del re, per dire al re che comandasse che Mardocheo fosse appiccato al legno ch’egli avea apprestato per lui.

5 Ed i famigli del re gli dissero: Ecco Haman, che sta aspettando nel cortile. E il re disse: Fate ch’egli entri.