Esther 2:21 - Exposition

In those days . Or, "at that time"— i.e. at the time when the second gathering of the virgins took place (see Esther 2:19 ). Two of the king's chamberlains . Rather, "eunuchs." Bigthan, or Bigthana ( Esther 6:2 ), is probably the same name as the Bigtha of Esther 1:10 , and possibly the same personage. Teresh is not mentioned elsewhere. Of those which kept the door . Two of the eunuchs who guarded the entrance to the king's sleeping apartment. This was a position of the highest possible trust, and gave conspirators a terrible advantage. Xerxes actually lost his life through a conspiracy formed by Artabanus, the captain of his guard, with Aspamitras, a eunuch and chamberlain (Ctes; 'Exc. Pers.,' § 29).