Esther 6:1-2

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1 H3915 On that night H5074 could not [H8804] H4428 the king H8142 sleep H559 , and he commanded [H8799] H935 to bring [H8687] H5612 the book H2146 of records H1697 of the chronicles H3117 H7121 ; and they were read [H8737] H6440 before H4428 the king.

2 H4672 And it was found [H8735] H3789 written [H8803] H4782 , that Mordecai H5046 had told [H8689] H904 of Bigthana H8657 and Teresh H8147 , two H4428 of the king's H5631 chamberlains H8104 , the keepers [H8802] H5592 of the door H1245 , who sought [H8765] H7971 to lay [H8800] H3027 hand H4428 on the king H325 Ahasuerus.

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Esther 6:1 Ahasuerus, reading in the chronicles of the good service done by Mordecai, takes care for his reward.
Esther 6:4 Haman, coming to sue that Mordecai might be hanged, gives counsel that he might do him honour.
Esther 6:12 Complaining of this, his friends tell him of his final destiny.

that night.
Esther 5:8; Genesis 22:14; 1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Samuel 23:27; Isaiah 41:17; Romans 11:33
could not the king sleep. Heb. the king's sleep fled away.
Daniel 2:1; Daniel 6:18
the book of records.As chronicles were composed among the Persians, a more instructive and interesting work could not be brought before the king; because they were all written in verse, and were generally the work of the most eminent poets of the empire.
Esther 2:23; Malachi 3:16