CHARACTERS
King Xerxes
the lot (PUR) was cast on this date
the first month, the month of Nisan
(chapter 3 verse 7)
Describe Haman
Disliked Mordecai, cast a lot against the Jews to kill and destroy them all
she had neither father or mother, Mordecai's cousin
also known as Hadassah
Esther
the date the Jews were to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated
The thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
(chapter 3 verse 13)
Describe King Xerxes
The king, every order required his signet ring seal, Queen Esther's husband
Jew of the tribe of Benjamin
the day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace
(Chapter 5 verse 1)
Describe Queen Esther
Selected by King Xerxes to be queen, adopted by Mordecai, Jew, granted the Jews' their freedom when she went before the king. Willing to die for her people.
Son of Hammedatha, the Agagite
the date on which the royal secretaries were summoned
Thirteenth day of the first month.
chapter 3 verse 13
Describe Mordecai
Jew, reveled the plot to kill King Xerxes to Queen Esther, wore sack cloth and wailed when the command to kill the Jews had been given, instructed Queen Esther to go into the king's presence to beg for mercy, became second in rank to King Xerxes
Suggested setting up a pole and asking the king to have Mordecai impaled on it.
Zeresh
The number of years King Xerxes had been on the throne (focusing on chapters 3, 4, and 5)
(Chapter 3 verse 7)
Describe the role the Jews played in this story
fasted for 3 days and 3 nights for Queen Esther, group of people hated by Haman, to be killed and destroyed.