Old Testament
Esther
10 chapters · 167 verses · 167 verses reviewed for historical content
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Chapters
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Researched events in Esther
- Mordecai uncovers the plot of Bigthan and Teresh (Esth 2:19–23)
- Ahasuerus's third-year feast at Susa and the deposing of Vashti (Esth 1; 483/482 BC)
- Esther made queen in Tebeth of Xerxes's seventh year (Esth 2:1–18; winter 479/478 BC)
- Mordecai mourns; Esther resolves to go to the king (Esth 4)
- Esther before the king; the first banquet; Haman's gallows (Esth 5)
- Haman casts pur and the decree against the Jews (Esth 3; Nisan 474 BC)
- The sleepless king; Mordecai honoured by Haman (Esth 6)
- The institution of Purim; Mordecai second to the king (Esth 9:20–10:3)
- The Jews defend themselves on 13–14 Adar (Esth 9:1–19; 473 BC)
- Mordecai's counter-decree of 23 Sivan (Esth 8; June 474 BC)
- The second banquet; Haman hanged (Esth 7)