Bible Questions: #825-844
Esther
The king of Babylon had won a war with the Hebrew/Jewish people. He took their land and took most of the people as captives to Babylon.
Then later, Persia won over Babylon and the Persian king ruled over Babylon.
The Persian king was Xeres. The Hebrew/Jewish people were still in Babylon.
825. The Persian kingdom was very big. It covered many, many lands. It had ________ (how many) provinces or states. Esther 1:1
826. In the 3rd year of ruling, he gives a ______________________________ to all the princes and leaders of these many lands. He also invited the military—the soldiers and leaders.
827. The feast lasted for ___________________________ months. Imagine! A feast lasting for that long with that many people!
828. Esther 1:5 Then after that feast/banquet was over——-he gave another feast/banquet for all the palace (king’s house) servants and leaders. It lasted for _________ days.
829. The queen’s name was _______________________. She gave a banquet for the women who lived and worked in the palace.
830. Chp. 1:10 On the seventh day, King Xeres was drunk. He called for ___________________ to come. He wanted to show her off to all the men.
831. Did she come? ___________________
832. Vs. 12 How did the king feel about this? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
833. Vs. 13-20 He asked his leaders what he should do about this. What did they tell him to do? ______________________________________________________________
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834. What was the reason he should do this? _________________________________
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835. Chp. 2 Vs. 1-4 After his anger calms down. The king feels badly about it. What do his leaders tell him he should do? _______________________________________________________________________
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836. Vs. 7 Among the Hebrew/Jewish people there was beautiful young girl——probably a teenager, named __________________________.
837. Her mother and father had died, she was living with a cousin, named _________________________.
838. Esther was chosen to be taken to the king——-along with many other young women.
She was taken to the king’s servant ______________________________. He was in charge of taking care of all the young women.
839. This man liked Esther. What are some of the things he did for her? Vs. 9 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
840. VS. 10 Did anyone at the king’s house know she was Hebrew/Jewish? __________
841. Vs. 12 For how long did Esther get special beauty treatments? _______________
842. Vs. 14 Each young woman stayed the night with the king. She slept with him.
Because of this, no one else would be able to have her. She was the king’s woman, now. So when she left the king’s room, she was taken to the part of the palace where the king’s wives lived. She and the other young women were not “wives”, but they were the king’s women for his pleasure. The King James Bible calls them “concubines”.
They would be taken care of in the king’s palace. If the king asked for them again—-they would see the king—–if he did not ask for them—they would live until they died in the king’s house.
Only one of these women would be chosen to be queen.
You can imagine—–when these young women were told they would be taken to the king——-they may not have been happy about it. True—they would live in riches in the king’s house, but they may have rather stayed at home been poor and had a husband and family like other women.
Esther took the advice from Hegai. He knew what the king would like. She was wise.
We are wise, too, when we take the advice of others who know more than we do.
843. Vs. 17 What did the king think of Esther? ________________________________
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844. Vs. 20 Did Esther let the king know that she was a Jew? _________________