Exile and Return
Esther Protects Her People
Fifth century BC SusaOld Testament
WHAT HAPPENED
The event
Queen Esther risked approaching the king to expose Haman’s plot and seek deliverance for the Jewish people.
WHY IT MATTERS
Its place in the story
Esther shows courageous responsibility and God’s providential care even when His work is not immediately visible.
RELATED SCRIPTURE · KJV
Read it in the Bible
“Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:”
Esther 7:3
“And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.”
Esther 2:17
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