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...

ESTHER 3:2-4 And all the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman,for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage, then the kings servants who were within the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you...

ESTHER 2:21-23 In those days; while Mordecaisat within the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresn, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. So the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name. And...

ESTHER 2:20 Now Esther had not yet revealed her family and her people, just as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as when she was brought up by him. A Roman centurion was instructed to deliver a message. In order to reach his destination he...

ESTHER 2:15 Now when the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the custodian of the women, advised. And Esther obtained favor in...

ESTHER 2:12 Each young woman’s turn came to gain to King Ahasuerus aftershe had completed twelve months’ preparation, according to the regulationsfor the women, for thus were the days of their preparation apportioned:six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and preparationsfor beautifying women. To many Nebraskans,...

ESTHER 2:8-9 So it was, when the king’s command and decree were heard, and when many young women were gathered at Shushan the citadel, under the custody of Hegai, that Esther also wastaken to the king’s palace, into the care of Hegai the custodian of the women. Now the young...

ESTHER 2:7 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman waslovely and beautiful. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. One of the most monumental works in all the world...