Esther
A Jewish queen risks her life to save her people in the Persian court.
About Esther
Esther is set in the Persian empire, where a Jewish orphan becomes queen and Haman plots the destruction of her people. Mordecai’s challenge — that she may have come to her position for precisely this moment — leads Esther to approach the king uninvited. The book never names God directly, yet the reversal it narrates is unmistakable, and it remains the basis of the feast of Purim.
- Providence
- Courage
- Reversal
- Identity
Key verses in Esther
All 10 chapters of Esther
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