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א בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא נָדְדָה שְׁנַת הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר לְהָבִיא אֶת־סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים וַיִּהְיוּ נִקְרָאִים לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ
On that night, after Esther’s feast, the king’s sleep was disturbed, for no evident reason; and he said to bring the book of records, the chronicles, the book of royal history, and they, sections of the book, would be read before the king, in order to divert his mind with memories of past events.
ב וַיִּמָּצֵא כָתוּב אֲשֶׁר הִגִּיד מָרְדֳּכַי עַל־בִּגְתָנָא וָתֶרֶשׁ שְׁנֵי סָרִיסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ מִשֹּׁמְרֵי הַסַּף אֲשֶׁר בִּקְשׁוּ לִשְׁלֹחַ יָד בַּמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ
It was found written, among the various events that had transpired in the kingdom, that Mordekhai had reported of Bigtana, Bigtan, and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, among the guardians of the threshold, who were very close to the king, who had sought to do violence to King Ahashverosh. Their assassination attempt, the disclosure of the plot, and the fact that they had been hanged, were all recorded in the book.
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