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Additions to Esther 12

And Mardocheus took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king, and keepers of the palace.

And he heard their devices, and searched out their purposes, and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artexerxes the king; and so he certified the king of them.

Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and after that they had confessed it, they were strangled.

And the king made a record of these things, and Mardocheus also wrote thereof.

So the king commanded, Mardocheus to serve in the court, and for this he rewarded him.

Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite, who was in great honour with the king, sought to molest Mardocheus and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.

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Why does Mardocheus get rewarded after exposing the eunuchs' plot?

Mardocheus overhears Gabatha and Tharra plotting to kill King Artexerxes, informs the king, and the conspirators confess and are executed; the king records the event and rewards Mardocheus by calling him to serve in the court. The chapter makes reward a direct consequence of loyal service and successful protection of the king.

The text uses concrete details — names, confession, strangling, and a written record — to show official recognition of Mardocheus’s deed. This mirrors Esther’s wider theme of providential vindication found elsewhere in Esther where faithful action leads to elevation and protection.

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