The Story of Esther in the Bible The story of Esther opens with a lavish banquet in the king’s palace. King Ahasuerus (also known as King Xerxeshad) had become drunk on royal wine and commanded that his wife, Queen Vashti come at once, to show everyone how beautiful she was. Queen V...
ESTHER KRUA, 72; STUDENT OF BIBLE WAS DRIVEN BY FAITHBryan Marquard, Globe Staff
Esther = The queen who saved her people. Isaiah = Old Testament prophet who received visions from God. Joshua = Led the Israelites into Canaan and conquered Jericho. Moses = Led the Israelites out of Egypt to Canaan. Noah = Built an ark to save the world. Ruth = A Moabite woman who ...
Esther 1 Amplified Bible The Banquets of the King 1 It was in the days of Ahasuerus ([a]Xerxes) who reigned from India to Ethiopia (Cush) over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in [b]Susa [the capital of the ...
He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure
And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of...
Esther 2:5 Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochaeus, the of Jairus, of Semeias, of Cisaeus, of the tribe of Benjamin;... Read verse in Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
He was raising Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she did not have a father or a mother; the young woman had a beautiful...
In the Hebrew Bible, however, the book called by his name appears not among the prophets, but among "the writings," between Esther and Ezra. The Greek version placed it between the major and the minor prophets, and this has determined its position in modern versions. The book is both ...
While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the kingBerean Standard BibleWhile all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to ...