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2:17 And the king <04428> loved <0157> Esther <0635> more than all <03605> the other women <0802>, and she met <05375> with his loving approval <02617> <02580> more than all <03605> the other young women <01330>. So he placed <07760> the royal <04438> high turban <03804> on her head <07218> and appointed her queen <04427> in place <08478> of Vashti <02060>. 2:18 Then the king <04428> prepared <06213> a large <01419> banquet <04960> for all <03605> his officials <08269> and his servants <05650>– it was actually Esther’s <0635> banquet <04960>. He also set aside <06213> a holiday <02010> for the provinces <04082>, and he provided <05414> for offerings <04864> at the king’s <04428> expense <03027>. 2:19 Now when the young women <01330> were being gathered <06908> again <08145>, Mordecai <04782> was sitting <03427> at the king’s <04428> gate <08179>. 2:20 Esther <0635> was still not <0369> divulging <05046> her lineage <04138> or her people <05971>, just as <0834> Mordecai <04782> had instructed <06680> her. Esther <0635> continued to do <06213> whatever Mordecai <04782> said <03982>, just as <0834> she had done when <01961> he was raising <0545> her. 2:21 In those <01992> days <03117> while Mordecai <04782> was sitting <03427> at the king’s <04428> gate <08179>, Bigthan <0904> and Teresh <08657>, two <08147> of the king’s <04428> eunuchs <05631> who protected <08104> the entrance <05592>, became angry <07107> and plotted <01245> to assassinate <03027> <07971> King <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>. 2:22 When Mordecai <04782> learned <03045> of the conspiracy <01697>, he informed <05046> Queen <04436> Esther <0635>, and Esther <0635> told <0559> the king <04428> in Mordecai’s <04782> behalf <08034>. 2:23 The king then had the matter <01697> investigated <01245> and, finding <04672> it to be so, had the two <08147> conspirators hanged <08518> on <05921> a gallows <06086>. It was then recorded <03789> in the daily <03117> chronicles <01697> in the king’s <04428> presence <06440>.

• Est 2:19-23 -- Mordecai Learns of a Plot against the King

• THARRA

  [isbe] THARRA - thar'-a (Tharra): One of the two eunuchs, "keepers of the court," who with his companion Gabatha (Bigthan) formed a conspiracy against King Artaxerxes which was detected by Mordecai (Additions to Esther 12:1 = "Tere...
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• RELEASE

  [isbe] RELEASE - re-les': (1) The forgiveness of a debt (shemiTTah (Dt 15:1,2,9; 31:10; see JUBILEE YEAR)), with verb shamaT, "to release," Dt 31:2,3. (2) To exempt from taxation or military service (hanachah, "release," "rest" (Es...
  

• RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY

  [isbe] RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY - re-la'-shun-ships: I. CONSANGUINITY 1. In General 2. Parents and Children 3. Brothers and Sisters 4. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Kinsmen II. AFFINITY 1. Husband and Wife 2. Father-in-Law, etc. 3. Brother-...
  

• Mordecai

  [ebd] the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at least one hundred and twenty-nine years old in the twelfth year of Ahasueru...
  [nave] MORDECAI A Jewish captive in Persia, Esth. 2:5, 6. Foster father of Esther, Esth. 2:7. Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life, and is rewarded, Esth. 2:21-23; Esth. 6:1-11. Promoted in Haman's place, Esth. 8:1...
  

• KINDRED

  [isbe] KINDRED - kin'-dred: Several words are rendered "kindred" in the King James Version. 'ach, "brother," was used loosely among Hebrews for a member of the same tribe or family, a relative; and is once translated "kindred" (1 C...
  

• KINDNESS

  [isbe] KINDNESS - kind'-nes (checedh; chrestotes): "Kindness" in the Old Testament is (with one exception) the translation of checedh, "kindness," "favor," "mercy," etc., used chiefly of man but also of God (Gen 20:13; 40:14; 1 Sam...
  

• INQUISITION

  [isbe] INQUISITION - in-kwi-zish'-un (darash, "to follow," "diligently inquire," "question," "search" (Dt 19:18; Ps 9:12), baqash, "to search out," "to strive after," "inquire" (Est 2:23)): The term refers, as indicated by these pa...
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• GOLD

  [isbe] GOLD - gold (zahabh; chrusos): 1. Terms: No metal has been more frequently mentioned in Old Testament writings than gold, and none has had more terms applied to it. Among these terms the one most used is zahabh. The Arabic e...
  

• GIFT

  [isbe] GIFT - gift (mattanah, minchah, shochadh; doron, dorea, chairisma): In Gen 25:6; Ex 28:38; Nu 18:6,7,29; Ezek 20:26, etc., mattanah, "a gift," is so rendered; minchah, an offering or present, used especially of the "meat off...
  

• FAVOR

  [isbe] FAVOR - fa'-ver (chen, ratson, with other Hebrew words; charis): Means generally good will, acceptance, and the benefits flowing from these; in older usage it meant also the countenance, hence, appearance. Alternating in Eng...
  

• DOORKEEPER

  [isbe] DOORKEEPER - dor'-kep-er (sho`er): The gates of an oriental city and of the temple courts so closely resembled the door of a house that the same Hebrew word was used for doorkeeper and gatekeeper. It is often translated by t...
  

• Chamberlain

  [ebd] a confidential servant of the king (Gen. 37:36; 39:1). In Rom. 16:23 mention is made of "Erastus the chamberlain." Here the word denotes the treasurer of the city, or the quaestor, as the Romans styled him. He is almost the ...
  [isbe] CHAMBERLAIN - cham'-ber-lin: In the Old Testament the word rendered chamberlain, caric, is more properly "eunuch," an officer which oriental monarchs placed over their harems (Est 1:10,12,15; 2:3,14,21; 4:4 f; 6:2,14; 7:9; 2...
  [nave] CHAMBERLAIN, an officer of a king, 2 Kin. 23:11; Esth. 1:10-15; 2:3-21; 4:4, 5; Acts 12:20; Rom. 16:23.
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• CERTIFY

  [isbe] CERTIFY - ser'-ti-fi: Occurs in (1) 2 Sam 15:28 (haggidh, "to show," "announce," from naghadh); (2) Ezr 4:14,16; 5:10; 7:24 (hodha`, "to make known," from yedha'; Aramaic for yadha`); (3) Est 2:22 the King James Version ('am...
  

• Bigthan

  [ebd] one of the eunuchs who "kept the door" in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king's life. Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits were hanged (Esther 2:21-23; 6:1-3).
  [nave] BIGTHAN, a conspiring Persian courtier, Esth. 2:21-23; 6:2.
  

• BIGTHAN; BIGTHANA

  [isbe] BIGTHAN; BIGTHANA - big'-than big-tha'-na (bighethan, bighethana'; Septuagint omits name): One of the two chamberlains or eunuchs of Xerxes ("Ahasuerus") who conspired against the king's life, the conspiracy being detected b...
  

• BIGTHAN, OR BIGTHANA

  [smith] (gift of God), a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in the court of Ahasuerus, one of those "who kept the door," and conspired with Teresh against the king?s life. (Esther 2:21) (B.C. 479.)
  

• Abagtha

  [ebd] one of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus's court (Esther 1:10; 2:21).
  

• Esther Becomes Queen

  

• The book of Esther says that Mordecai was a Benjamite in one place and a Jew in others. Which was he?
  In Esther 2:5-6 we are told: 2:5 Now there happened to be a Jewish man in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 2:6 who had been taken into ex...

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