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For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther 4:14 KJV
Esther is set in the Persian capital Susa. A Jewish orphan, Esther, becomes queen after Vashti is dismissed. Her cousin Mordecai refuses to bow to Haman, an official who then plots to wipe out the Jews across the empire. Esther risks her life by approaching the king uninvited, exposes the plot at a banquet, and Haman is hanged. The Jews are allowed to defend themselves, and the festival of Purim is established to remember the rescue. God is never named in the book, yet his care is implied throughout.
Author: Anonymous; some tradition suggests Mordecai.
When it was written: Probably written in the 5th-4th centuries BC, about events under Xerxes.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Mordecai's challenge asks whether Esther's position might exist for exactly this moment, and it turns her from bystander to rescuer.
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Esther has 10 chapters and 167 verses in the King James Version.
Author: Anonymous; some tradition suggests Mordecai. When it was written: Probably written in the 5th-4th centuries BC, about events under Xerxes.
Esther is set in the Persian capital Susa. A Jewish orphan, Esther, becomes queen after Vashti is dismissed. Her cousin Mordecai refuses to bow to Haman, an official who then plots to wipe out the Jews across the empire. Esther risks her life by approaching the king uninvited, exposes the plot at a banquet, and Haman is hanged. The Jews are allowed to defend themselves, and the festival of Purim is established to remember the rescue. God is never named in the book, yet his care is implied throughout.
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