Esther 2:23
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.
KJV
Quæsitum est, et inventum : et appensus est uterque eorum in patibulo. Mandatumque est historiis, et annalibus traditum coram rege.
Vulgate
ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἤτασεν τοὺς δύο εὐνούχους καὶ ἐκρέμασεν αὐτούς· καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καταχωρίσαι εἰς μνημόσυνον ἐν τῇ βασιλικῇ βιβλιοθήκῃ ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐνοίας Μαρδοχαίου ἐν ἐγκωμίῳ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יְבֻקַּ֤שׁ הַ/דָּבָר֙ וַ/יִּמָּצֵ֔א וַ/יִּתָּל֥וּ שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם עַל עֵ֑ץ וַ/יִּכָּתֵ֗ב בְּ/סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַ/יָּמִ֖ים לִ/פְנֵ֥י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Esth 6:1 — On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
- Esth 10:2 — And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Me
- Esth 10:2 — And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Me
- Gen 40:19 — Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
- Gen 40:22 — But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.