John Gill Commentary Esther 6:2

"And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king`s chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus." — Esther 6:2 (ASV)

And it was found written
Upon reading, in which Providence also had a peculiar hand, directing the reading to the part where Mordecai's affair was registered.

If what the latter Targum says is true, it was the more remarkable. When Shimshai the scribe, who was ordered to bring the book and read (and who, according to the former Targum, was Haman's son), saw what was recorded of Mordecai, he 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 ^F15 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: Urania, sive, l. 8. c. 85.