HADASSAH 12 (Additions to Ester 12)

1 And Mordeḵai took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the sovereign, and guards of the palace. 2 And he heard their schemes, and searched out their purposes, and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artaḥshashta the sovereign; and so he informed the sovereign of them. 3 Then the sovereign examined the two eunuchs, and after they had confessed it, they were hanged. 4 And the sovereign made a record of these matters, and Mordeḵai also wrote of them. 5 So the sovereign commanded, Mordeḵai to serve in the court, and for this he rewarded him. 6 However, Haman the son of Hammeḏatha the Agagite, who was great in esteem with the sovereign, sought to torture Mordeḵai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the sovereign.