ESTHER 6:2-3 And it wasfound written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the door keepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who...
ESTHER 5:14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friendssaid to him, “Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.” And the thing pleased Haman; so he...
ESTHER 5:11 ThenHaman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, all the waysin which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king. A proud woodpecker was tapping away at a dead tree when the sky...
ESTHER 5:3 And the king said to her, “What do you wish, QueenEsther? What is your request? It shall be given to you up to half my kingdom!” Among those who served in the court of Alexander the Great was a famous philosopher who had outstanding ability but little money....
ESTHER5:2 So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Estherwent near and touched the top of the scepter. In the famous Rosenberg...
ESTHER 4:16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish,...
ESTHER 4:14 “For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” On October 3, 1991,...
ESTHER 4:1 When Mordecai hearned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry. In the cartoon strip Peanuts, Charlie Brown often exclaims, “Good grief” While he...
ESTHER 3:8-9 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from all other people’s, and they do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king...
ESTHER 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman wasfilled with wrath. A group of people were shown a large sheet of white cardboard with a small, black dot in the center. The leader of the group asked them, “What do you see?” Everyone...