1Now Morʹdecai took his rest in the courtyard with Gabʹatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king who kept watch in the courtyard.2He overheard their conversation and inquired into their purposes, and learned that they were preparing to lay hands upon Ahasu-eʹrus the king; and he informed the king concerning them.3Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and when they confessed they were led to execution.4The king made a permanent record of these things, and Morʹdecai wrote an account of them.5And the king ordered Morʹdecai to serve in the court and rewarded him for these things.6But Haman, the son of Hammedaʹtha, a Bougaeʹan, was in great honor with the king, and he sought to injure Morʹdecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.