Bible Questions # 862-878
Esther
862. Chp. 5:1 Three days later Esther dressed up and went to see the king. What happened? ____________________________________________________________
863. Chp 5: 4 What did Esther ask the king to do? _______________________________
Who else was to come? ____________________________
Esther did not tell the king why she wanted them to come.
864. After the first dinner (banquet), Esther still did not tell them what she wanted.
She asked them to do what? _______________________________________
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865. Chp. 5:4 On his way out, Haman saw Mordecai Haman got angry again.
He went home and told his family about Mordecai. His friends said he should do what? Vs. 14 _____________________________________________________________
866. Chp.6:1 That night the king could not sleep so he had his servant read to him. The servant was reading the history of what had happened in the kingdom. He read about the time that 2 guards were planning to kill the king, but that Mordecai had warned him.
The king asked what reward (nice thing) was done for Mordecai for saving his life. The servant said, nothing was done for Mordecai.
Haman came into the king’s palace early that morning. The king asked him what should be done to a man that the king wanted to honor.
Haman thought that person was whom? ________________________
867. Vs. 7, 8 What did Haman say should be done to honor this man? ________________________________________________________________________
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868. The king thought it was good idea. He told Haman to get everything ready and lead the horse for whom? ___________________________________
869. Do you think Haman was surprised?______ What do you think he was feeling?
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Can you imagine how he felt all that day as he walked around the city leading the horse and telling the people that this man on the horse was greatly honored by the king?
870.Vs. 13, 14 When Haman got home and told his family about what had happened, what did they tell Haman? __________________________________________________
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871. Chp. 7: 1 The king and Haman went to the queen’s dinner the second time. This time the king wanted to know what Esther wanted. So she told the king that she wanted him to save her life and the lives of her people.
The king was surprised and asked who was trying to kill her. She said Vs.6
________________________ was trying to kill her. Haman was surprised that she said that because he did not know that she was a _______________________.
872. The king was so upset, he went out into the garden to think. When he left the room, Haman went over to the queen and was begging for his life.
Remember, people ate round a low table and they would be on their side like a person on a low bed facing the table. So Haman was probably leaning over her begging for his life. The king walked in the room and saw Haman over his wife. It did not look good to him. He thought Haman was trying to be much too friendly with his wife.
The king blamed Haman for trying to make love to his wife. He had his servants come in and get Haman to take him away.
Chp. 7:9 The servants told the king what Haman had at his home. What was it ?
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873. What did the king decide to do with Haman? ______________________________
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874. The laws of the Medes and Persians could not be changed. If a law was made—you could not change it. You could make another law to override it.
The king brought in Mordecai to help decide what to do about the Jewish people.
Mordecai was made the __________________________________ in the place of Haman. And Esther gave him all of Haman’s ________________________________
to oversee.
875. Mordecai sent out a new message to all the land saying that on the day the Jewish were to be killed the Jews would be allowed to do what? _______________________
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876. Chp.9:5 So what happened on that day? __________________________________
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877. The king asked Esther what more she would like. Vs. 13 She said: ________________________________________________________________________
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878. Chp. 9:20 and 26 These 2 days are remembered by the Jewish people—-even to this day. Some calendars have this day marked on the calendar. The day is called the Day of P______________________.