Esther 2 -Study Guide-Esther Crowned Queen by King Ahasuerus
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Esther 2:1 ...when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done...
Esther 2:2-4 Then said the king's servants... Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king...
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Esther 2:5-7 in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair,
the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite...
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity... with Jeconiah king of Judah,
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away....
he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter ...
when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Esther 2:8-9 .... many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai...
Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women....
the maiden pleased him ...he speedily gave her her things for purification
Esther 2:10-12 Esther had not shewed her people...Mordecai had charged her that she should not...
when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months ...
(...the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh -
six months with sweet odours - for the purifying of the women;)
Esther 2:13-14 ...thus came every maiden unto the king...
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women,
to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain...
she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Esther 2:15-17 ....when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai...was come ... she required nothing...
Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them... Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus ...
in the tenth month... Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
the king loved Esther above all the women ... he set the royal crown upon her head,
and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther 2:18 the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants
Esther 2:19-23 when the virgins were gathered together... Mordecai sat in the king's gate...Esther had not yet shewed her kindred ...
for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai...two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh...which kept the door, were wroth,
and sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus...the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther
and Esther certified the king in Mordecai's name...
when inquisition was made it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree...
it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
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God's Family Trees of The Holy Bible – Research Study Guides of The Old Testament -
Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
Ketuvim -Writings
BOOK OF ESTHER
CHAPTER 2 - STUDY GUIDE
QUICK STUDY TITLE AREA
Esther 2:1 ...when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done...
Esther 2:2-4 Then said the king's servants... Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king...
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Esther 2:5-7 in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair,
the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite...
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity... with Jeconiah king of Judah,
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away....
he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter ...
when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Esther 2:8-9 .... many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai...
Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women....
the maiden pleased him ...he speedily gave her her things for purification
Esther 2:10-12 Esther had not shewed her people...Mordecai had charged her that she should not...
when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months ...
(...the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh -
six months with sweet odours - for the purifying of the women;)
Esther 2:13-14 ...thus came every maiden unto the king...
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women,
to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain...
she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Esther 2:15-17 ....when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai...was come ... she required nothing...
Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them... Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus ...
in the tenth month... Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
the king loved Esther above all the women ... he set the royal crown upon her head,
and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther 2:18 the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants
Esther 2:19-23 when the virgins were gathered together... Mordecai sat in the king's gate...Esther had not yet shewed her kindred ...
for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai...two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh...which kept the door, were wroth,
and sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus...the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther
and Esther certified the king in Mordecai's name...
when inquisition was made it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree...
it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Esther 2:1 ...when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done...
1: After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Esther 2:2-4 Then said the king's servants... Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king... And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
2: Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3: And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
4: And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Esther 2:5-7 in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite...Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity... with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.... he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter ... when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
5: Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6: Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7: And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Esther 2:8-9 .... many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai... Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women....the maiden pleased him ...he speedily gave her her things for purification
8: So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9: And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
Esther 2:10-12 Esther had not shewed her people...Mordecai had charged her that she should not...when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months ...(...the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh -six months with sweet odours - for the purifying of the women;)
10: Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
11: And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
12: Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther 2:13-14 ...thus came every maiden unto the king...In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain...she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
13: Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
14: In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Esther 2:15-17 ....when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai...was come ... she required nothing... Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them... Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus ... in the tenth month... Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. the king loved Esther above all the women ... he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
15: Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16: So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17: And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther 2:18 the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants
18: Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
Esther 2:19-23 when the virgins were gathered together... Mordecai sat in the king's gate...Esther had not yet shewed her kindred ... for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai...two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh...which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus...the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther and Esther certified the king in Mordecai's name...when inquisition was made it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree... it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
19: And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
20: Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
21: In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
22: And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
23: And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" (Megillah), is a book in the third section (Ketuvim, "Writings") of the Jewish Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and in the Christian Old Testament. It relates the story of a Hebrew girl in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people. The story forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim, during which it is read aloud twice: once in the evening and again the following morning. Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not explicitly mention God.
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Description
English: The Book of Esther from the 13th or 14th Centuray, Fez, Maroco on display at the Musée du quai Branly
Medium Parchment, ink, wood
Dimensions 30.5 × 11.5 × 10.5 cm, 237 g
Current location Musée du quai Branly
Accession number 71.1934.16.87
Source/Photographer Deror avi, Own work, 2009-02-13
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
Description
English: The Book of Esther from the 13th or 14th Centuray, Fez, Maroco on display at the Musée du quai Branly
Medium Parchment, ink, wood
Dimensions 30.5 × 11.5 × 10.5 cm, 237 g
Current location Musée du quai Branly
Accession number 71.1934.16.87
Source/Photographer Deror avi, Own work, 2009-02-13
RESEARCH
KING AHASUERUS
AHASUERUS.
By: Gerson B. Levi, Kaufmann Kohler, George A. Barton
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/967-ahasuerus
Jewish Encyclopedia
Ahasuerus (Ancient Greek: Ξέρξης Xerxes; Persian: اخشورش Aَxšoreš; Old Persian: Xšayārša; Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Aẖashverosh ; ʼĂḥašwērôš; Greek: Ασουηρος, translit. Asouēros in the Septuagint; or Latin: Assuerus in the Vulgate; commonly transliterated Achashverosh) is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and Apocrypha. This name (or title) is applied in the Hebrew Scriptures to three rulers. The same name is also applied uncertainly to a Babylonian official (or Median king) noted in the Book of Tobit.
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KING AHASUERUS
AHASUERUS.
By: Gerson B. Levi, Kaufmann Kohler, George A. Barton
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/967-ahasuerus
Jewish Encyclopedia
Ahasuerus (Ancient Greek: Ξέρξης Xerxes; Persian: اخشورش Aَxšoreš; Old Persian: Xšayārša; Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Aẖashverosh ; ʼĂḥašwērôš; Greek: Ασουηρος, translit. Asouēros in the Septuagint; or Latin: Assuerus in the Vulgate; commonly transliterated Achashverosh) is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and Apocrypha. This name (or title) is applied in the Hebrew Scriptures to three rulers. The same name is also applied uncertainly to a Babylonian official (or Median king) noted in the Book of Tobit.
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QUEEN VASHTI
Queen Vashti (Hebrew: ושתי, Koine Greek: Αστιν Astin) is the first wife of Persian King Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and read on the Jewish holiday of Purim. She is banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet to show her beauty as the king wished, and Esther is chosen to succeed her as queen. In the Midrash, Vashti is described as wicked and vain. She is viewed as an independent-minded heroine in feminist interpretations of the Purim story. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vashti wikipedia
NAMES OF ESTHER 2
king Ahasuerus
Vashti the queen
Hadassah that is Esther
Hege / Hegai, the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women;
Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain,
the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh
a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
Hadassah, that is, Esther, Jeconiah's - uncle's daughter:
Mordecai (became Esther's father, when her father and mother were dead)
Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (Made Queen in place of Vashti)
Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai,
KISH A BENJAMITE
1 Samuel 9:1-2 Saul, son of Kish a man of Benjamin...a choice young man and a goodly ... he was higher than any of the people
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1 Samuel 14:49-52 Saul's Family Line ... And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul ...
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1 Samuel 14:51
Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
1 Chronicles 8:33
33: And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
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1 Chronicles 9:36
36: And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
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CONCEPTS WITHIN ESTHER 2
things for purification
See Esther 2:12 ... six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;
PLACES OF ESTHER 2
Jerusalem
Babylon
Shushan (Palace)
SUSHAN THE PALACE
SHUSHAN (Susa; Ḥebrew, "Shushan," or "Shushan ha-Birah" [Shushan the Palace]; Assyrian, "Sushan"; Elamitie, "Shushin," "Shushun"; Greek, Σουάν, ΣοῡΣα);
By: Emil G. Hirsch, Louis H. Gray, Wilhelm Bacher
jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13621-shushan
JERUSALEM
By: Richard Gottheil, Gotthard Deutsch, Martin A. Meyer, Joseph Jacobs, M. Franco
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8604-jerusalem
Jewish Encyclopedia
BIBLICAL RESEARCH
KING AHASUERUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Book of Daniel
Chapter 9:1
1: In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
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Ezra 4:6
6: And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem
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COMPARISON
ESTHER, APOCRYPHAL BOOK OF:
By: Emil G. Hirsch, Carl Siegfried
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5873-esther-apocryphal-book-of
Jewish Encyclopedia
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Apocrypha
ADDITIONS TO ESTHER
glbresearch.proboards.com/thread/4676/additions-esther
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Esther 1:1-3 ...the days of Ahasuerus, (Ahasuerus which reigned, from India - unto Ethiopia...)
when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne...in Shushan the palace...
the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants...
Esther 1:4-6...he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom...an hundred and fourscore days..
the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace- unto great and small
...were white, green, and blue, hangings...with cords of fine linen -
purple to silver rings -pillars of marble: the beds- of gold and silver...
Esther 1:7-8 they gave them drink in vessels of gold...royal wine in abundance...
the drinking was according to the law...
the king had appointed to all the officers of his house....do according to every man's pleasure.
Esther 1:9-12 Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house...
the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains...
bring Vashti the queen ... with the crown royal, to shew... her beauty...
the queen Vashti refused...the king very wroth...
Esther 1:13-15 ..the king said to the wise men...
next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan,
the seven princes of Persia and Media...
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law...
Esther 1:16-18 Memucan answered... Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only,
but also to all the princes, and to all the people ..
.For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands...
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes...
Esther 1:19-20 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment...
let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes...
That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another...
Esther 1:21-22 the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan....
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