Esther 2:19-23 - A Plot Against The King
19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's gate. 20 And as yet had not Esther showed her kindred and her people, according as Mordecai had bidden her: for Esther did after the word of Mordecai, like as when he was her tutor.
21 At the same time, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay their hands on the king Ahasuerus: 22 whereof Mordecai gat knowledge, and told it unto queen Esther, and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. 23 And when inquisition was made, it was found so. And they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the Chronicles before the king.