The King’s Banquets 1 And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush—over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces. 2 In those days as…

Esther is Chosen Queen 1 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her….

Haman is Promoted 1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and he exalted him and set his positionabove all the officials who were with…

Mordecai Tells Esther of Haman’s Plot 1 Mordecai learned all that had been done and he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes. And he went through the…

Esther’s Banquet 1 And it happened, on the third day, and Esther put on royal clothes, and she stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace,opposite the king’s palace;the…

Mordecai is Honored 1 During that night the king’s sleep escaped him, and he gave orders to bring the scroll of records and chronicles,and they were read before the king….

Esther’s Banquet 1 So the king and Haman went to dinewith Queen Esther. 2 And the king again said to Esther, on the second day while they were drinking,“What is…

Mordecai is Promoted 1 On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had…

The Jews Destroy Their Enemies 1 In the twelfth month, that is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, on which the edict of the king arrived and his…

Title 1 King Ahasuerus imposed forced labor on the land and islands of the sea. 2 All the work of his authority and his powerful deeds,and the full accounting of…