ESTHER 1
According to Esther 1:1, over how many provinces did King Ahasuerus reign?
What is 127 Provinces
Who gave a feast for the women in the King's palace?
Who is Queen Vashti
Who did the King's young men who attended him say should be sought out for him to replace Queen Vashti?
What is beautiful, young virgins
According to Esther 2:19 where did Mordecai sit?
What is at the King's gate
According to Esther 3:1, Whom did King Ahasuerus promote?
Who is Haman (the Agagite)
According to Esther 4:1, what was one thing Mordecai did when he heard the news about what was going to happen to his people?
What is he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and cried in the streets.
According to Esther 5:4 what was the first thing Queen Esther asked the King when she approached him?
What is come to a feast she had prepared for him
According to Esther 6:1, what was wrong with the king?
What is he could not sleep
How did Esther describe Haman to the King?
What is an adversary, enemy and vile
What did the King give Queen Esther after the death of Haman?
What is his estate
What became of Mordecai as he was prominent in the palace and his reputation spread throughout the provinces?
What is he became more powerful (vs.4)
And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a _________ as this?
What is time (Esther 4:14)
The book of Esther is located in the Old Testament and is 1 of 2 books in the Bible named after a woman. What is the other book?
What is the book of Ruth
In the 3rd year of the King's reign, what did he give for all his officials and servants?
What is a feast
What is golden vessels
Who was the Jewish Benjamite that took his cousin in after her parents died?
Who is Mordecai
What is kill him
According to Esther 3:2 what did Mordecai not do to Haman as commanded?
What is bow down or pay homage to him
How long had it been since Esther had not been called to come into the King's presence?
What is 30 days
Who did Queen Esther want to come to her banquet besides the King?
Who is Haman
As the Book of the Chronicles was being read to the King, how many of his officers conspired to assassinate him?
What is two (Bigthana and Teresh-6:2)
What emotion did Haman have after Queen Esther exposed him at her banquet?
What is fear, terrified, scared (vs.6)
What did the King give Mordecai after the death of Haman?
In the citadel of Susa, how many enemies did the Jews kill and destroy?
What is 500 men (vs.6) and what is 300 men (vs.15) 75,000 (vs.16)
Esther said to Mordecai, "I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, __ _____ ___ to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”
What is I will go (Esther 4:16)
The biblical month of Adar is the only month specifically mentioned in the book of Esther. Adar is the ________ month of the year and falls in late winter before the month of Nisan.
What is last
The King had a 2nd feast that lasted how many days for all the people who were present in the capital city?
What is a week (7 days - vs.5)
Where was the seven day feast held in the King's palace?
What is the court of the garden
What was Esther's other name?
What is Hadassah
What happened to the 2 men who were discovered in plotting to kill the King?
What is hanged/hung on the gallows
How many talents of silver did Haman promise to pay to the King for the destruction of Mordecai and Esther's people?
What is 10,000
What did Esther have herself, Mordecai, all the Jews, and her young women do before she went before the King?
What is fast (Esther 4:16)
Who was Haman's wife?
Who is Zeresh
What did the King want to do for the man who had saved his life?
What is honor him?
Upon hearing Queen Esther's news about Haman, what did the King do?
What is he got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden
Why did Queen Esther again go before the King and plead with him, falling at his feet and weeping?
What is the death threat/evil plan edict that was in place from Haman to kill her people
How many sons of Haman were impaled on poles?
What is 10
So Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man the king delights to __________!”
What is honor (vs. 11)
The events recorded in Esther are celebrated each year with a holiday feast called what?
What is Purim (9:26-32)
In the first feast, how many days did the King show his riches of his royal glory to the government officials (nobles and governors) of several provinces?
What is 180 days (vs.4)
What are the 7 men called who were commanded to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown?
What are eunuchs
According to Esther 2:12, How many months of preparation did each woman complete before her turn to go to the king?
What is 12 months ( a year)
What was the name of the book where the event of the 2 eunuchs hanging was recorded?
What is the book of Chronicles
What people did Haman want to have killed?
What are the Jews
What can the King hold out to grant pardon to any one who appears to him without being called?
What is a golden scepter
What did Zeresh and Haman's friends tell him he should build for Mordecai?
What are gallows
What had been done for Mordecai for his great deed towards the King?
What is nothing (vs.3)
What did Haman do after Queen Esther exposed him and the King left the room?
What is he begged Esther to spare his life (vs.7)
What did the King tell Queen Esther and Mordecai to write in the king’s name on behalf of the Jews as to what seemed best to them, and then seal it with his signet ring?
What is another decree or edict
Even though the Jews killed many enemies, what did they not take?
What is plunder (vs.10 & 15)
Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found ________ with you, Your Majesty, and if it ________ you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated."
What is favor and pleases (vs.3)
What tribe was Mordecai a part of?
What is the Benjamites
What was the capital where King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne?
What is Susa
Who were the wives to honor after the King's decree edict was read throughout his empire?
What is their husbands
Who was the King's eunuch who was in charge of the women?
Who is Hegai
Who was the King's eunuch that was in charge of the concubines in the 2nd harem?
Who is Shaashgaz
What did the King take from his hand and give to Haman?
What is his signet ring
Who was Esther's eunuch who was sent as the messenger between she and Mordecai?
Who is Hathach
What emotion did Haman have for Mordecai?
What is anger/rage (Esther 5:9)
For the man the King delighted to honor, what was to happen to him or what was he to be given?
What is wear the King's royal robe and ride through the square of the city on his horse
Who was the eunuch who told the King that Haman had a pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits by his house that he had set up for Mordecai?
Who is Harbona (vs.9)
When Mordecai left the king’s presence, what was he wearing?
What is royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen (vs.15)
When did Mordecai have the Jews celebrate getting relief from their enemies?
What is annually on the 14th and 15th days of the month of Adar (vs. 21)
vs.16 For the Jews it was a time of happiness and ______, gladness and honor. 17 In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was ______ and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating.
What is joy
The setting for the book of Esther is Ancient Persia, what was the capital city? (At this time in history, the Persian Empire spanned the globe from India to Egypt.)
What is Susa