Esther 6:1-3

International Standard Version

Haman’s Plan Begins to Unravel

6 That night the king could not sleep, so he gave instructions to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read to the king. ² It was found recorded there that Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance to the restricted areas of the palace,^[a] and that they had conspired to assassinate^[b] King Ahasuerus. ³ So the king asked, “What honor and distinction was bestowed on Mordecai for this?”

The young men who served the king answered, “Nothing was done for him.”