Esther 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It was written in the book of the Chronicles A day-book, wherein all memorable things were recorded. Before the king This may refer either, 1st, To the writing of it, signifying that it was written in the king's presence by scribes, who were continually with the king, to record all remarkable things which happened in the court from time to time: or, 2d, To the book, which was laid up before the king, that he might more easily and frequently peruse it for his own direction or amusement. Here we see the danger and infelicity of the greatest men, the life of a most potent monarch depending upon the fidelity of one single person, whose service was neglected by the court, though a memorial was made of it. Thus all masters of families are obnoxious to the perfidiousness, of those that wait upon them.