1 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring ^othe book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written how ^pMordecai had told about ^qBigthana¹ and ^rTeresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.