Chapter 6
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Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Book Overview - Esther
by E.W. Bullinger
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ESTHER.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS A WHOLE.
Esther 1:1 AHASUERUS. REIGN. EXTENT OF KINGDOM
Esther 1:22-20. AHASUERUS. ON HIS THRONE.
Esther 2:21-23. MORDECAI. Discovery of Plot (Bigthan and Teresh).
Esther 3:1-15. HAMAN. HIS PLOT.
Esther 4:1-3. MORDECAI. Discovery of Haman""s Plot.
Esther 4:4 - Esther 5:1-14. ESTHER. HER INTERCESSION.
Esther 6:1. AHASUERUS. ON HIS BED.
Esther 6:2-3. MORDECAI. KING""S INQUIRY.
Esther 6:4-9. HAMAN. KING""S INQUIRY.
Esther 6:10-14. MORDECAI. KING""S COMMAND.
Esther 7:1. ESTHER. HER BANQUET.
Esther 7:2 -. AHASUERUS. AT ESTHER""S TABLE.
Esther 7:2. KING. INQUIRY AND PROMISE.
Esther 7:3-4. ESTHER. PLEA FOR LIFE.
Esther 7:5-10. KING. INQUIRY AND WRATH.
Esther 8:1 -. ESTHER. HER ROYAL GIFT.
Esther 8:1-2. AHASUERUS. ON HIS THRONE.
Esther 8:3-6. ESTHER. PLEA FOR HER PEOPLE.
Esther 8:7-17. KING. DECREE.
Esther 9:1-28. ESTHER. PLEA FOR HER PEOPLE.
Esther 9:29-32. ESTHER. HER ROYAL AUTHORITY.
Esther 10:1-3. AHASUERUS. REIGN. EXTENT OF KINGDOM.
Note: No Divine Name or Title is found in the book of Esther. See Appdx-60.
TITLE, Book Of Esther. One of the five Megilloth. For its place in the Hebrew Canon see Appdx-1. Read at the Feast of Purim. Comes chronologically thus: (1) Daniel; (2) Esther; (3) Nehemiah; (4) Ezra. The Divine name does not occur, except five times in the form of an Acrostic (Appdx-6) . See Appdx-60, and notes on Esther 1:20; Esther 5:4; Esther 5:13; Esther 7:5; Esther 7:7.
Esther 1:2 - Esther 2:20. AHASUERUS. ON HIS THRONE.
Esther 1:2-12. Queen Vashti. Offence.
Esther 1:13-22; Esther 2:1. Queen Vashti. Degradation.
Esther 2:2-20. Queen Esther. Substiuted.
Esther 1:2-12. QUEEN VASHTI. OFFENCE.
Esther 1:2-3. Feast:king""s to nobles.
Esther 1:4. Display of riches.
Esther 1:5-9. Feasts:king""s to people; queen""s to women.
Esther 1:10-12. Display of Vashti.
Esther 1:13-22. QUEEN VASHTI. DEGRADATION.
Esther 1:13-15. Kings inquiry of wise men.
Esther 1:16-20. Advice. Given.
Esther 1:21. King""s agreement with wise men.
Esther 1:22. Advice. Acted on.
Esther 2:1-20. QUEEN ESTHER. SUBSTITUTED.
Esther 2:1-4. Maidens. Sought.
Esther 2:5-6. Mordecai. Position.
Esther 2:7. Esther. Relation.
Esther 2:8 -. Maidens. Gathered.
-, Esther 2:8-9. Esther. Included.
Esther 2:10-11. Mordecai. Solicitude.
Esther 2:12-14. Maidens. Rotation.
Esther 2:15-18. Esther. Selection.
Esther 2:19-20. Mordecai. Station.
Esther 2:1-23. MORDECAI. DISCOVERY OF PLOT.
Esther 2:21 -. Mordecai. Station.
-, Esther 2:21. Conspiracy. Made.
Esther 2:22-23 -. Mordecai. Discovery.
-, Esther 2:23. Conspiracy. Punished.
Esther 3:1-15. HAMAN. PLOT.
Esther 3:1-2 -. Haman. Advancement.
-, Esther 3:2-4. The king. Command re Haman.
Esther 3:5-6. The plot. Devised.
Esther 3:7. Pur. The month by lot. Twelfth month.
Esther 3:8-9. Haman. Plot purposed.
Esther 3:10-11. The king. Compliance with Haman.
Esther 3:12 -. Pur. The day by lot. Thirteenth day.
-, Esther 3:12-15. The plot. Succeeds.
Esther 4:1-3. MORDECAI. DISCOVERY OF (HAMAN""S) PLOT.
Esther 4:4 - Esther 5:14. ESTHER. INTERCESSION.
Esther 4:4-17. Esther and Mordecai.
Esther 5:1-14. Esther and the king.
Esther 4:4-17. ESTHER AND MORDECAI.
Esther 4:4. Esther. Information.
Esther 4:5-6. Esther. Inquiry of Mordecai.
Esther 4:7-9. Mordecai. Reply and expostulation.
Esther 4:15-17. Esther. Decision.
Esther 5:1-14. ESTHER AND THE KING.
Esther 5:1-2. King on the royal throne.
Esther 5:3. King. Inquiry.
Esther 5:4. Esther. Invitation given.
Esther 5:5 -. King. Compliance.
-, Esther 5:5. Esther. Invitation accepted.
Esther 5:6 -. King at Esther""s banquet.
-, Esther 5:6. King. Promise.
Esther 5:7-8. Esther. Second invitation.
Esther 5:9 -. Haman""s joy.
-, Esther 5:9-14. Esther. Second invitation.
Esther 5:9-14. ESTHER. SECOND INVITATION.
- Esther 5:9. Mordecia. Haman""s indignation.
Esther 5:10-11. Haman. Ostentation.
Esther 5:12. Haman. Pride.
Esther 5:13-14. Mordecai. Haman""s gallows.
Esther 8:7-17. KING. DECREE.
Esther 8:7 -. The king.
-, Esther 8:7. Grant to Esther.
Esther 8:8. The writing. Commanded. Decree.
Esther 8:9-10. The writing. Written.
Esther 8:11-12. Grant to Esther""s People.
Esther 8:13. The writing. Copied.
Esther 8:14. The writing. Decree. Dispatched.
Esther 8:15-17. The king.
Esther 9:1-28. ESTHER. PLEA FOR HER PEOPLE.
Esther 9:1-4. Assemblage.
Esther 9:5-10 -. Slaughter. Palace.
-, Esther 9:10. Abstention from plunder.
Esther 9:11. King. Receives report.
Esther 9:12-13. Esther""s request.
Esther 9:14. King. Makes another decree.
Esther 9:15 -. Assemblage.
-, Esther 9:15 -. Slaughter. Shushan. City.
-, Esther 9:15. Abstention from plunder.
Esther 9:16 -. Assemblage.
-, Esther 9:16 -. Slaughter. Province.
-, Esther 9:16. Abstention from plunder.
Esther 9:17. Feasting. Provinces. One day (13th).
Esther 9:18. Feasting. Shushan. Three days (13th, 14th, and 15th).
Esther 9:19. Feasting. Villages. One day (14th).