The Histories · Old Testament
Esther
Esther is book 17 of 66 and belongs to the Histories in the Old Testament. It has 10 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 45 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Esther 1: Esther 1: the king's feasts and Vashti's refusal
The narrator opens in the days of Ahasuerus, who reigns from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces and sits on his throne in… - Esther 2: Esther 2: Esther made queen and Mordecai's report of a plot
When the king's wrath is appeased he remembers Vashti and what was decreed against her. His servants propose gathering fair young virgins to Shushan… - Esther 3: Esther 3: Haman's promotion and the decree against the Jews
King Ahasuerus promotes Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite and sets his seat above all the princes. At the king's command the servants in the… - Esther 4: Esther decides to approach the king
A decree threatens the Jews with destruction, and Mordecai urges Esther to appeal to the king for her people. Esther explains the danger of entering… - Esther 5: Esther 5: Esther's first banquet and Haman's gallows
On the third day Esther puts on her royal apparel and stands in the inner court of the king's house while the king sits on his throne facing the… - Esther 6: Esther 6: the sleepless king and Haman's honour for Mordecai
That night the king cannot sleep and has the book of records of the chronicles read to him. The reading finds that Mordecai reported Bigthana and… - Esther 7: Esther 7: Esther names Haman and he is hanged on his own gallows
The king and Haman come to Esther's banquet, and on the second day, at the banquet of wine, the king again asks Esther her petition and offers up to… - Esther 8: Esther 8: Mordecai receives the ring and a second decree is written
That day the king gives Haman's house to Esther, and Mordecai comes before the king, because Esther has told what he is to her. The king gives… - Esther 9: Esther 9: the thirteenth of Adar and the founding of Purim
On the thirteenth day of Adar, when the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, the narrator says the matter is turned to the contrary… - Esther 10: Esther 10: the king's tribute and Mordecai's greatness
The book closes in three verses. King Ahasuerus lays a tribute on the land and on the isles of the sea. The narrator says that all the acts of his…
