Est 6:1 | NASB2020 | STEP | During that night the king could not sleep , so he gave an order to bring the book of records , the chronicles , and they were read before the king .

‏ Esther 6:1

The King Plans to Honor Mordecai

1 During that night ^{▼▼Lit the king’s sleep fled}the king ^bcould not sleep, so he gave an order to bring ^cthe book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.