Esther 2:23

2:23 The king then had the matter investigated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators ¹  hanged on a gallows. ²  It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king’s presence.

Esther 6:2

6:2 it was found written that Mordecai had disclosed that Bigthana ³  and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted to assassinate ⁴  King Ahasuerus.

¹ tn Heb “they both were hanged.” The referent (the two eunuchs who conspired against the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “on a pole”; KJV, ASV “on a tree.”

³ tn This individual is referred to as “Bigthan,” a variant spelling of the name, in Esth 2:21.

⁴ tn Heb “to send a hand against”; NASB “had sought to lay hands on.”