Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew gave full written authority, confirming this second letter about Purim. Letters were sent to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth, that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed seasons,Continue reading “Ester 9: 29-10: 3….Hats off for Mordecai and Esther!”
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Esther 9: 20-28: Accurate records.
And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, obliging them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same, year by year, as the days on which the Jews gotContinue reading “Esther 9: 20-28: Accurate records.”
Esther 9: 11-19….A Just War??
That very day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was reported to the king. And the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and also the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces!Continue reading “Esther 9: 11-19….A Just War??”
Esther 9: 1-10…..No mercy shown.
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s command and edict were about to be carried out, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery overContinue reading “Esther 9: 1-10…..No mercy shown.”
Esther 8: 10b-17….Hurry, before it is too late!
Then he sent the letters by mounted couriers riding on swift horses that were used in the king’s service, bred from the royal stud, saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any peopleContinue reading “Esther 8: 10b-17….Hurry, before it is too late!”
Esther 8: 1-6…..Esther pleads for her people.
On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her. And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther setContinue reading “Esther 8: 1-6…..Esther pleads for her people.”
Esther 7: 4-10…..Consequences.
For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.” Then King Ahasuerus said to QueenContinue reading “Esther 7: 4-10…..Consequences.”
Esther 6: 12-7:4a…..In Haman’s mental distress he is taken to the Queen’s table.
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered. And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall,Continue reading “Esther 6: 12-7:4a…..In Haman’s mental distress he is taken to the Queen’s table.”
Esther 6: 7-11….Whoops!
And Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honour, let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set. And let the robes and the horse be handed over to one ofContinue reading “Esther 6: 7-11….Whoops!”
Esther 6: 1-6….Coincidence or the finger of God?
On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought toContinue reading “Esther 6: 1-6….Coincidence or the finger of God?”
As I read it! 