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Esther - Queen - BIBLE SUMMARY WITH ART

1 - Vashti

1 - Vashti

1 - Vashti

1880- Phedre Alexandre Cabanel, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

 King Xerses ruler of  Medo Persian throws a banquet and wants his beautiful wife in crown to entertain, she refuses and is deposed by the king to keep order, a decree is set to find new queen.

2 - Beauty

1 - Vashti

1 - Vashti

1660-King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther, Silk embroidered with silk and metallic yarns, and isinglass

Esther is a beautiful girl who the king likes above all others, she receives the queens crown and keeps her Jewish heritge secret,   Mordecai (Esther's adopted father) uncovers plot to kill king.

3 - Haman

1 - Vashti

3 - Haman

1685- Aert de Gelder, Esther and Mordecai,

 Haman is honored by king Xerses and Haman requires all to kneel before king,  but Modecai the Jew won't kneel, Haman in response begins a deceptive plot to kill all Jews by getting the king to sign a  decree.

4 - Plot

3 - Haman

200 - Early 3rd century CE Roman painting of Esther and Mordechai, Dura-Europos synagogue, Syria.

 Mordecai learns of this plot and tells Esther to request asylum from king, she realizes this could be a  fatal request and asks Jews to fast for preparation.

5 - Banquet

500 BC - National Museum of Iran Darafsh, statue of king  Xerxes

 Esther invites Haman to a banquet with the king, Haman is very proud about his inclusion , Haman's wife instructs Haman to build higher gallows to hang Mordecai.

6 - Honor

1624 - The Triumph of Mordecai by Pieter Lastman

 The sleepless king recalls Mordecai's loyalty and asks in passing Haman how to properly honor someone, Haman elaborates (assuming honor is his) but then must honor Mordecai as he instructed.

7 - Plea

7 - Plea

7 - Plea

1888 - Esther Denouncing Haman by Ernest Normand

 Esther has the banquet including the king, Haman and others and then exposes Haman's plot to kill the Jews,  Haman's scheme backfires and he is hung on the gallows he built for Modecai.

8 - Ring

7 - Plea

7 - Plea

1815  - Esther before Ahasuerus by Franc Kavčič,

 The relationaship between Mordecai and Esther is revealed and the king gives Mordecai signet ring authority which saves Jews and gives them universal rights against their enemies throughout kingdom.

9 - Purim

7 - Plea

10 - Mordecai

1685 - Esther and Mordecai Writing the First Purim Letter by Aert de Gelder,

 This decree allows the Jews to reverse the previous decree and destroy the sons of Haman and all their enemies and survive, a feast of Purim is instituted to commemorate this.

10 - Mordecai

Nehemiah - Wall (Previous Book)

10 - Mordecai

1860 - Mordecai is honored,  woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld

King Xerxes established a tax to honor and fully account for  the greatness of Mordecai as second only to the king.

Nehemiah - Wall (Previous Book)

Nehemiah - Wall (Previous Book)

Nehemiah - Wall (Previous Book)

   The rebuilding of the wall in Jerusalem is detailed  and described this leads to the worship being compromised by the mixing with gentile worship practices.

Job - Sovereignty (Next Book)

Nehemiah - Wall (Previous Book)

Nehemiah - Wall (Previous Book)

 Righteous Job faces  hardships and  3 friends conclude  Job is somehow wrong in an attempt to speak for God in error, then Elihu and God himself appear to Job  to explain God's ways are beyond explanations of man and must be trusted. 


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