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Teresh was one of two Persian officials who plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus but were discovered by Mordecai.
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Teresh is mentioned in Est.2.21 and Est.6.2 as one of two eunuchs who served at the door of King Ahasuerus' palace. Along with Bigthan, Teresh plotted to assassinate the king for unknown reasons. However, their plot was discovered by Mordecai, who informed Queen Esther. The matter was investigated and found to be true, leading to the execution of Bigthan and Teresh on the gallows. Mordecai's deed was recorded in the king's chronicles.
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Severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2).
(strictness), one of the two eunuchs whose plot to assassinate Ahasuerus was discovered by Mordecai. (Esther 2:21; 6:2) He was hanged. (B.C. 479.)
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2 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H8657
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the kingʼs gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the kingʼs eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the kingʼs entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
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