Esther 6
Who did the king honor instead of Haman?
Mordecai
Esther 6:10-11 "Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him"
How did Haman die?
He was hung on the the gallows that Haman had prepared for Mordecai.
Esther 7:10 "So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified."
How many provinces are in King Ahasuerus' empire?
127
Esther 8:9 "Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language."
What happened to Haman's 10 sons?
They were slain and were hung
Esther 9:12 "The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman"
Esther 9:14 "And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons."
What was it that chp 10 describes that king Ahasuerus started doing to his provinces?
He started taxing them
Esther 10:1 "And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea."
What happened that led the king to be reminded of Mordecai saving his life?
He could not sleep one night, and commanded someone to bring the book of records of the chronicles, where the event was read to him.
Esther 6:1 "On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king."
What kind of banquet did Queen Esther hold the second time?
A banquet of wine
Esther 7:7 "And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden"
What happened to Haman's house?
It was given to Esther, who then gave it to Mordecai
Esther 8:1-2 "On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman."
What were the two days that the Jews in Shushan fought against their enemies (month and date)?
Adar 13 and 14
Where is it said to be documented of all the acts of Mordecai and the declaration of his greatness?
They were written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia
Esther 10:2 "And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?"
Who were the people who told Haman that he would fall before Mordecai saying, "If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him"?
Zeresh and his friends
Esther 6:13 "And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him."
Finish the verse: "What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even..."
(a quote from King Ahasuerus)
"...even to the half of the kingdom"
Esther 7:2 "And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom."
What did chapter 8 say some of the people of the land did because they were afraid of the Jews (after the decree that Mordecai wrote was published)?
Many of the people became Jews.
Esther 8:17 "And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them."
How many men were killed in the other provinces of the King Ahasuerus (other than Shushan)?
75,000
Esther 9:16 "But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,"
What does the word "Pur" mean
Lot
What are the names of the TWO eunuchs who had hatched a plan to kill King Ahasuerus?
Bigthana and Teresh
Esther 6:2 "And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus."
What is the name of the king's chamberlain that told the king of the gallows that Haman built to slay Mordecai on?
Harbonah
Esther 7:9 "And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon."
What was the decree that Mordecai sent out in the name of the king to counteract the plan of Haman?
He told the Jews to be ready against their enemies, to stand for their lives against the people who would harm them and to take the plunder/spoil of their enemies.
Esther 8:11 "Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,"
What is the name of the feast that came about after Pur, and when is it celebrated?
Purim;
Esther 9: 20-21 "And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,"
Esther 9:26 "Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur."
What is the name of Queen Esther's father?
Abihail
Haman had thought the king wanted to honor him. What did he tell King Ahasuerus should be done to man in whom the king delighteth to honour?
1. Place a royal apparel, which the king had previously worn on him.
2. Let him ride on a horse that the king has ride on, and let a crown/crest be on the horse's head.
3. Let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the man by one of the king's most noble princes, who has to place it onto the man being honored.
4. The noble prince most bring him (the one who the king delights to honor) on horseback through the street of the city while shouting "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour".
Esther 6:7-9 "And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour."
Finish the sentence: When Queen Esther was petitioning for her and her people's freedom, she said they were being sold, to be _________, to be _____, and to ______.
Esther 7:4 "For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish.
But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage."
Why did Esther and Mordecai not reverse the decree that Haman had put out about ending the lives of the Jews?
In Persian empire, no decrees by the king could be reversed.
Esther 8:8 "Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse."
How many men did the Jews slay in Shushan in total?
800 men
Esther 9:6 "And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men."
Esther 9:15 "For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand."
What is the name of the empire that Ahasuerus led? (the empire can be referenced to more than one name, but you will get an extra 200 pts if you are able to give the name that starts with A)
The Achaemenid Empire; The Persian empire; the Persian and Medes empire