10
Chapters
167
Verses
Unknown
Author
470-424 BC
Date Written
Esther shows God's providence in protecting His people through a Jewish queen, though His name is never mentioned.
To explain the origin of Purim and demonstrate God's hidden providence in preserving His people.
Set in Persia during the reign of Xerxes I (486-465 BC), among Jews who remained in exile.
Hebrew
אסתר
Ester
“Star”
Greek
Ἐσθήρ
Esthēr
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Vashti replaced
Genocide planned
Intervention and reversal
Purim established
“Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
“If I perish, I perish.”
“On that night could not the king sleep.”
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