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Esther

Author – Not known for certain
Time – 510 B.C.

Summary – Esther is an historical book, written during the period of the captivity. It records the plot of Haman, the prime minister to the Persian king, to exterminate the Jewish race. This plot is foiled by Esther, the queen of Persia, who was a Jewess. This book gives us the origin of the Feast of Purim, which celebrates God’s goodness in delivering the Jews from Haman.

Passage
Subject
Chapter 1 v 1 to 22 Vashti divorced
Chapter 2 v 1 to 23 Esther made queen
Chapter 3 v 1 to 15 Haman’s plot against the Jews
Chapter 4 v 1 to 17 Esther’s decision
Chapter 5 v 1 to 14 Esther’s first banquet
Chapter 6 v 1 to 14 Haman humiliated before Mordecai
Chapter 7 v 1 to 10 Esther’s second banquet
Chapter 8 v 1 to 17 Mordecai’s counter-decree
Chapter 9 v 1 to 10 v 3 The Jews victorious, and Purim instituted

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