And Daniel asked of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who guarded the threshold, were angry, and sought to stretch out a hand against King Ahasuerus.
And all the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate were kneeling and bowing down to Haman, for the king had so commanded for him. But Mordecai did not bow down and did not kneel.
And all the rulers of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the middle gate: Nergalsharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, chief of the eunuchs, Nergal-sharezer, chief magician, and all the rest of the rulers of the king of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold whose height was sixty cubits; its breadth, six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.