Title: The Book of Esther
Subtitle: ESTHER - The Book of Esther, in the form of a short story similar to the Book of Ruth, has its setting in the palace of Shushan, or Susa, one of the three capitals of the Persian Empire. The story gives us a vivid picture of the Jews in exile, of the hostility of their non-Jewish enemies in Persia, and of how Esther became the queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes), subsequently risking her life in order to save her people, the Jews, from total destruction. God’s providential care of His people is magnified throughout, though the word "God" never appears in the book.
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The Book of Esther

ESTHER - The Book of Esther, in the form of a short story similar to the Book of Ruth, has its setting in the palace of Shushan, or Susa, one of the three capitals of the Persian Empire. The story gives us a vivid picture of the Jews in exile, of the hostility of their non-Jewish enemies in Persia, and of how Esther became the queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes), subsequently risking her life in order to save her people, the Jews, from total destruction. God’s providential care of His people is magnified throughout, though the word "God" never appears in the book.

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kjv@Esther:1 Queen Vashti Deposed
kjv@Esther:2:1-18 Esther Made Queen
kjv@Esther:2:19-23 Mordecai Uncovers a Conspiracy
kjv@Esther:3 Haman's Plot to Destroy the Jews
kjv@Esther:4 Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help
kjv@Esther:5:1-8 Esther's Request to the King
kjv@Esther:5:9-14 Haman's Rage Against Mordecai
kjv@Esther:6 Mordecai Honored
kjv@Esther:7 Haman Hanged
kjv@Esther:8 The King's Edict in Behalf of the Jews
kjv@Esther:9:1-17 Triumph of the Jews
kjv@Esther:9:18-32 Purim Celebrated
kjv@Esther:10 The Greatness of Mordecai

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Esther, Book of @ The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasuerus (the Xerxes of the Greeks), which took place B.C. 465. The minute and particular account also given of many historical details makes it probable that the writer was contemporary with Mordecai and Esther. Hence we may conclude that the book was written probably about B.C. 444-434, and that the author was one of the Jews of the dispersion. This book is more purely historical than any other book of Scripture; and it has this remarkable peculiarity that the name of God does not occur in it from first to last in any form. It has, however, been well observed that "though the name of God be not in it, his finger is." The book wonderfully exhibits the providential government of God.

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