One of two eunuchs whose plot against Artaxerxes (the Ahasuerus, i.e. Xerxes, of canonical Est.) was discovered and frustrated by Mardocheus (Mordecai). Ad. Est 12:1. In Es 2:21 he is called Bigthan and in Es 6:2 Bigthana.
In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.
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