These verses introduce us to two of the main players in the story that will unfold before us. ![]() Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. (7) He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had no father or mother. Introducing Mordecai and his good looking cousinĮsther 2:5-7 Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite, (6) who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been exiled with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled. The winner of this contest becomes the new queen! To this our once-sad king agrees and the contest begins! How about a 'Miss Persia' contest they ask with smiles on the faces. The wise men of Persia have one little suggestion. What can you do for such a man? Clearly there is nothing that can please a man in such a state. ![]() There is no joy at home and he can't even get some pleasure from beating up on the Greeks. Nothing is going well and nothing can cheer him up. History records for us that the king had recently returned from a failed military mission against Greece. You see, things aren't going well for the king. So the extravagant party-banquet of chapter one is well in the past and the king is feeling sad. The passage starts off 'after these things.' and from Esther 2:16 we find out that it is about 3 years on from the events of chapter one. (4) "Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti." And the matter pleased the king, and he did accordingly. (3) "Let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women and let their cosmetics be given them. (2) Then the king's attendants, who served him, said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king. Once the party is over and the lights are out.Įsther 2:1-4 After these things when the anger of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. We shall explore those and be reminded again of that which we will likely experience as we move forward in this Christian life. it's not like I'm telling the story to someone who doesn't already know the conclusion so yes, obviously she will succeed! No surprises there! But what may be new to you is that in this chapter we have some great little pictures and types of the preparation that believers go thorough for the true king, Jesus Christ. But will that succeed? Well, I can't really hype it up. She shall arise from humble surroundings and, under the direction of her cousin Mordecai, shall make a bid to be the new queen. Now I hope and trust you have accepted the first and are prepared for the second! Within this chapter we shall be introduced to the one whom the book obtains its title form. This second study involves the preparation for the king. ![]() The first study concerned the invitation of the king. ![]() Esther Chapter 2: The Preparation for the King
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