Category Archives: Esther

The King Dethrones Queen Vashti 1 Now it came to pass in the days ofAhasuerus (thiswasthe Ahasuerus who reignedover one hundred and twenty-seven provinces,from India to Ethiopia), 2 in those days when King Ahasuerussat on the throne of his kingdom, whichwasinShushan the citadel, 3 thatin the third year of his reign hemade a feast for […]

Esther Becomes Queen 1 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti,what she had done, and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king; 3 and let the king appoint officers in all the […]

Haman’s Conspiracy Against the Jews 1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha theAgagite, andadvanced him and set his seat above all the princes whowerewith him. 2 And all the king’s servants whowerewithin the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But […]

Esther Agrees to Help the Jews 1 When Mordecai learned all that had happened, hetore his clothes and put on sackclothand ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. Hecried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went as far as the front of the king’s gate, for no onemightenter the […]

Esther’s Banquet 1 Now it happenedon the third day that Esther put onherroyalrobesand stood inthe inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house. 2 So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing […]

The King Honors Mordecai 1 That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bringthe book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had […]

Haman Hanged Instead of Mordecai 1 So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. 2 And on the second day,at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “Whatisyour petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And whatisyour request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!” 3 […]

Esther Saves the Jews 1 On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, theenemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had toldhow hewasrelatedto her. 2 So the king took offhis signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai; and Esther appointed […]

The Jews Destroy Their Tormentors 1 Nowin the twelfth month, thatis,the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day,thetimecame for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselvesoverpowered those who hated them. 2 […]

Mordecai’s Advancement 1 And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land andonthe islands of the sea. 2 Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai,to which the king advanced him,arethey not written in the book of thechronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 3 […]