Esther 5

In Esther Chapter 5, Esther the consort of the King of Persia, throws a banquet for the King and his Prime Minister, the devious Haman. She learned through her cousin and foster father, Mordecai, that Haman was plotting to slaughter the Jewish people and Esther is a Jew herself.

Not only are her people and her foster father in danger, but she is in danger herself, as being the queen will not spare her life.

Esther 1

Esther Chapter 1 deals with the end of the reign of Queen Vashti and the circumstances that surrounded it.

Esther 2

In Esther chapter 2, King Xerxes, a man of extraordinary wealth and power, calms down from the decree he had issued to Queen Vashti after she refused to attend to him. As a result of her refusal, the king’s assistants proposed a search for virgins for the king to choose from. As such, commissioners from different provinces were assigned to bring all beautiful virgins into the harem of the citadel of Susa under Hegai’s watch, who was the king’s eunuch.

Esther 3

Esther Chapter 3 centers on a plot by Haman to kill the Jews.