And every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.

And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.

It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.

For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?