People
Jewish Queen to Xerxes who stood up for the lives of the Jewish people.
Esther
The place where Mordecai told Esther about Haman's plot
Window
The approximated number of women taken to the palace.
Thousands
Physical quality that made Esther the Queen of Persia
Beauty
Xerxes' first wife who refused to come to the banquet.
Vashti
What kingdom does the story take place in?
Persia
The number of banquets Esther had.
2
Length of time a woman had to prepare before meeting the king.
12 months or 1 year
Esther's uncle and guardian.
Mordecai
The capital city of the Persian empire. (where the story specifically takes place)
Susa
How many books in the Bible have a woman's name as the title?
2 (bonus 100 points if you can name them)
Mordecai overheard this in the garden.
The plot to assassinate the King.
/// The keeper of the women who were to be brought before the king.
Hegai
Significance of the Gallows
Where Haman and others were executed/ used as a publicly shameful way to execute someone
Esther is the ______ book in the Bible
17th
Esther did this before agreeing to help Mordecai / also asked him to have all the Jews do this
Fast
The evil man in the story who plotted to kill all of the Jews in the Persian empire.
Haman.
Mordecai worked here.
The gate
/// The number of chapters in the book of Esther.
10
At which of Esthers banquet did she plead for the lives of her people. The first or second banquet?
Second