Esther 2:23
And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal + 2:23 Gr. library. records of the good offices of Mardochaeus, as a commendation.
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Genesis 40:22And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them.
Joshua 8:29And he hanged the king of Gai on a + 8:29 Gr. double tree. gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into + 8:29 Gr. the pit or trench. For vv. 30-35, see chap. 8:2. a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.
Esther 5:14And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a + 5:14 Gr. a tree cut. gallows made for you of fifty cubits, and in the morning do you speak to the king, and let Mardochaeus be hanged on the gallows: but do you go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.
Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.
Malachi 3:16Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbor: and the Lord gave heed, and listened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.
Matthew Henry on Esther 2:22-23
Mordecai's Discovery of a Plot. ( b. c. 510.) 21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of… Read the whole commentary →