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Esther was careful however to not tell anyone her nationality, as Mordecai had warned her not to. When it was Esther's turn to go before the king, he immediately found her the most attractive and beautiful of all woman and placed the royal crown on her head.

King Ahasuerus held a great banquet for his new queen, Esther. Esther continued to hide her Jewish background as Mordecai had instructed her to do because he knew it would be dangerous for her if anyone found out she was a Jew. One night when Mordecai was sitting by the king's gate, he overheard two guards named Bigthana and Teresh conspiring to assassinate King Xerxes.

Mordecai told Queen Esther of the plan and Esther told the king, giving credit to Mordecai for overhearing the plan. The two guards were hanged. Mordecai then refused to bow down the Haman, the highest of all nobles.

When Haman found out about this and that Mordecai was a Jew, Haman became enraged with anger and wanted to kill not only just Mordecai but all of the Jewish nation. Haman convinced King Xerxes to kill all Jews as they stood in opposition to the king's rule. King Ahasuerus agreed and set a date for all Jews to be killed. Mordecai told Esther about the king's edict to kill all the Jewish people.

Esther feared for her life and tried to avoid his request to do something. Mordecai again pleaded with Queen Esther to do something to save the people. Esther responded by instructing all Jews to join her in fasting for three days and three nights, then she would approach the king with her request.

Esther went to King Xerxes after three days of fasting and the king asked her what her request was. Queen Ester asked that the king and Haman join her at a banquet the next day. The king said yes and asked Esther to let her request be known at the banquet.

Haman was still so enraged with Mordecai that he went to set up a pole to impale Mordecai the morning before the banquet. The king could not sleep that night and began to read the book that contained all that had happened during his reign. The king read and was reminded of how Mordecai exposed the plot to assassinate the king. The king wanted to reward Mordecai for his good deed and he called Haman in to ask what should be done for a man who the king delights in.

Haman thought the king was talking about himself and responding saying extravagant gifts and honor. Haman was even more enraged when the king told him it was for Mordecai! The next day was the banquet Queen Esther had called for.

The king again asked Esther what her request was so he could grant her what she wanted. Esther boldly asked that she and her people be spared and that Haman had plotted to kill all Jews for money.

The king was filled with anger against Haman and had him hanged on the very pole that Haman had set up for Mordecai. Queen Esther and Mordecai were given Haman's estate. They were honored with royal garments and a decree was written to protect all Jews. Read the entire Scripture account of the life of Queen Esther in the Bible verses below and use the articles and videos to understand the meaning of this teachable event in the Bible:.

Plus Toggle navigation. Password Assistance. Email address. Queen Esther - Bible Story. Bible Articles Videos Audio. Share Tweet Save. Esther 1. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.

There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones. Then the king became furious and burned with anger. There will be no end of disrespect and discord. God's Deliverance - The Lord raised up Esther as he raised up Moses , Joshua , Joseph , and many others to deliver his people from destruction. Through Jesus Christ , we are delivered from death and hell.

God is able to save his children. If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?

Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.

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Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter. Updated March 06, Esther We read in Scripture that Esther was young and exceptionally beautiful. She was young, she was pretty, and she was taken. This part comes as a shocker to people — even to those who have read the whole Megillah as part of their yearly Purim celebration. But the Scriptures are pretty clear about what happened. Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women — when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.

In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines.

She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. The virgins, who were all quite young, were escorted to the king, who is said to have been approximately 40 years of age at the time. They were taken one by one, for him to sleep with.

Mordecai sends the queen a message, telling her to throw herself before the king and beg for mercy on behalf of her people. Esther knew that anyone who approached the king without first being summoned was killed — unless the king was in the mood to extend his scepter and spare their life. What Mordecai was asking her to do could have easily been the last thing she ever did. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish.

And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Hello, Jewish guilt.