Esther 2:23 “After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials we…”

Esther 2:23

After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 the chronicles before the king.

World English Bible

When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.

American Standard Version

And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Geneva Bible 1599

Not included in this translation.

Darby Translation

And the matter was investigated and found out; and they were both hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Young's Literal Translation

and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.

Bible in Basic English

And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.

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Cross references

“hanged”

Genesis 40:19 Genesis 40:22 Esther 7:10 Joshua 8:29 Esther 5:14 Deuteronomy 21:22

Genesis 40:19 · BSB

Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

Genesis 40:22 · BSB

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

Esther 7:10 · BSB

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

Joshua 8:29 · BSB

He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks,…

Esther 5:14 · BSB

His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The adv…

Deuteronomy 21:22 · BSB

If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

“the book”

Malachi 3:16 Esther 6:1 Esther 6:2

Malachi 3:16 · BSB

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

Esther 6:1 · BSB

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

Esther 6:2 · BSB

And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Also

Esther 10:2

Esther 10:2 · BSB

And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media a…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.

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