John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 2. And it was found written , etc.] Upon reading, and in which there was also a peculiar hand of Providence, directing to the reading of that part of them in which the affair of Mordecai was registered: and if what the latter Targum says is true, it was the more remarkable, that when Shimshai the scribe, who was ordered to bring the book and read, and who, according to the former Targum, was Haman’s son, seeing what was recorded of Mordecai, turned over the leaves of the book, being unwilling to read it; but the leaves rolled back again, and he was obliged to read it: that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the King Ahasuerus ; (see Esther 2:21), and it was usual in such diaries to record the names of persons, who, by any actions, had deserved well of the king, that they might be rewarded as there was an opportunity for it; and such, in the Persian language, were called Orosangae, as Herodotus relates f140 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-3 - The providence of God rules over the smallest concerns of men. Not sparrow falls to the ground without him. Trace the steps whic Providence took towards the advancement of Mordecai. The king could no sleep when Providence had a design to serve, in keeping him awake. We read of no illness that broke his sleep, but God, whose gift sleep is withheld it from him. He who commanded a hundred and twenty-seve provinces, could not command one hour's sleep.
Original Hebrew וימצא4672 כתוב3789 אשׁר834 הגיד5046 מרדכי4782 על5921 בגתנא904 ותרשׁ8657 שׁני8147 סריסי5631 המלך4428 משׁמרי8104 הסף5592 אשׁר834 בקשׁו1245 לשׁלח7971 יד3027 במלך4428 אחשׁורושׁ׃325
