²³ When the report was investigated and verified, both men were hanged on the gallows.^(A) This event was recorded in the Historical Record in the king’s presence.

Mordecai Honoured by the King

6 That night sleep escaped^(A) the king, so he ordered the book recording daily events to be brought and read to the king. ² They found the written report of how Mordecai had informed on Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, when they planned to assassinate King Ahasuerus.^(B)