What 4 colors/materials were in the mosaic pavement?
Alabaster, Turquoise, and white and black
1:7
What punishment did Mordecai receive for not bowing?
(No punishment was given)
(3:6)
What is the name of the first month of the year?
(Nisan)
(3:7)
What other name did Esther go by?
(Hadassah)
Who was asked to come before the king wearing the royal crown?
Queen Vashti
Esther 1:11
What language was the letters to be sent?
To each province in his own script
1:22
Who is the person that told their friend about great riches, the multitude of his children and how he had been promoted?
(Haman)
(5:11)
How man provinces did King Ahasuerus rule over and what regions?
What was the name of the Kingdom?
127 provinces
India-Ethiopia
Sushan
1:1
Who paced in front of the women's quaters?
(Mordecai)
What are the three things Haman's wife suggested he do?
1. Setup poles 50 feet high
2. Suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it
3. Go to the banquet and enjoy herself.
(5:14)
By the _____ each _____ was allowed to ______ for the king instructed ______ to serve each man what he ____.
1. kings command
2. guest
3. drink with no restrictions
4. all the wine stewards
5. wished
(1:8)
Jeconiah
2:6
Her family/nationality (NKJV people/family) that she was jewish because Mordecai told her not to
2:10 & 2:20
Who was in charge of the concubines?
(Shaashgaz)
*** Daily Double! ***
What are the names of Haman's 10 sons? What happened to them?
Parshandatha, 2. Dalphon, 3. Aspatha, 4. Poratha, 5. Adalia 6. Aridatha, 7. Parmashta, 8. Arisai, 9. Aridai, 10. Vaizatha.
They were killed along with 500 men by the Jews
8:7-10
Then the kings’ servants who attended him said?
(Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king)
(2:2)
What action can the king take to save someone from being put to death?
(Extend the golden scepter to them)
(4:11)
What two things did the king confirm he had done?
1. Given his estate to Esther
2. Impaled Haman on the pole he setup
(8:7)
What was Esther's dad's name?
Bonus of 100 points: What was Esther's Hebrew name? What relationship did her father have to Mordecai? (if you do not know another team may steal)
Abihail 2:15
Hadassah (Myrtle) and the name Esther is Persian which means Star from the word stara 2:7
His Uncle 2:7
Who advised the King that the actions of the first Queen would cause the women to despise their husbands. What solution did he present?
Memucan advised the king to disallow Queen Vashti to no longer come before him and to replace her with another.
1:16-19
Mordecai was the son of _____, the son of ______, the son of ______
1. Jair
2. Shimei
3. Kish, a Benjamite
(2:5)
What three things did Haman do for Mordecai?
1. He robed Mordecai
2. Led him on horseback through city streets
3. Proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!?
(6:11)
***Daily Double***
What was the name of the festival that was celebrated on the 14th and 15th month of Adar annually and why?
The Purim Festival
Mordecai documented the celebration and sent letters to all the Jews in the provinces and they agreed with all that was written in the letter: 9:22-28
What was Haman's wife's name?
(Zeresh)
Who plotted against the king? What was their official title and what was the outcome?
Bigthan and Teresh, and they were eunuchs and doorkeepers. Mordecai informed Queen Esther who then informed the king. When it was confirmed he had them hanged on the gallows and it was written in the book of chronicles in the presence of the king. Esther 2:21-23