On that night could not the king sleep, literally, "fled away the sleep of the king," and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, the annals of the kingdom, in which all events worthy of interest were entered by scribes or chroniclers appointed for that purpose; and they were read before the king, the reading evidently continuing through the entire night.
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Esther 6:1
1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.