Recounts how a Jewish Queen saves her people from a planned anti-Jewish pogrom. |
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King Ahasuerus of Persia hosts a great festival, but when queen Vashti refuses to obey him, the king seeks a new wife. His new queen is Esther, a beautiful Jewish woman. A wicked royal official named Haman is offended when Esther’s foster father Mordecai refuses to bow down to him. Haman plans a massive persecution of the Jews and devises to have Mordecai hanged. Mordecai, however, is honored by the king for reporting a plot against the king’s life and the wicked Haman is executed instead. Esther then intercedes on behalf of the Jewish people. The king gives the Jews the right of self-defense. When the persecution begins, the Jews defeat their enemies. The festival of Purim commemorates this victory.
Esth 3:7-11 – Pogrom planned
Esth 8:1-14 – Pogrom foiled