Esther
Esther 1
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and...
Esther 2
Last Updated: October 10, 2026After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may...
Esther 3
Last Updated: October 10, 2026After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t...
Esther 4
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.In every province, wherever the...
Esther 5
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she...
Esther 6
Last Updated: October 10, 2026On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.The...
Esther 7
Last Updated: October 10, 2026So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”Then Esther the queen...
Esther 8
Last Updated: October 10, 2026On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.Esther...
Esther 9
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree came near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it turned out that the opposite happened, that the Jews...
Esther 10
Last Updated: October 10, 2026King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.Aren’t all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?For Mordecai...