PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

KING CYRUS - EZRA 1:1 (536 BC)?KING DARIUS: EZRA 1-6 (538-516 BC)?

ESTHER QUEEN OF PERSIA (58 YEARS) (478 BC)?

ARTAXERXES: EZRA 7-10 (458-457 BC)?ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS: (465-424 BC)?

ZERUBBABEL - SHESHBAZZAR - LEVITEGOVERNOR OF JUDAH HAGGAI 1:1 (536 BC)?

LEVITES WHO CAME WITH ZERUBBABELNEHEMIAH - PRIEST EZRA 2:2 (536 BC)?JEREMIAH - PRIEST NEHEMIAH 12:1 (536 BC)?JESHUA - HIGH PRIEST NEHEMIAH 12:1 (536 BC)? EZRA - PRIEST NEHEMIAH 12:1 (536 BC)?

PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

NEBUCHADNEZZAR: KING OF BABYLON (498 BC)?JECONIAH: KING OF JUDAH (498 BC)?AHASUERUS: KING OF PERSIA (483 BC)?VASHTI: AHASUERUS’ EX-WIFE MORDECAI: GREAT-GRANDSON OF KISH

- A BENJAMITE (A EUNUCH)?HEGAI: EUNUCH IN CHARGE OF KING’S HAREMESTHER: FIRST COUSIN OF MORDECAIBIGTHAN & TERESH: KING’S DOORKEEPERS SHAASHGAZ : KEEPER OF THE KING’S CONCUBINES

HIGH PRIESTS KINGS OF PERSIA STOCK OF JUDAHSERAIAH CAMBYSES JECONIAHJOZADAK CYRUS SALATHIELJESHUA DARIUS ZERUBBABELJOIAKIM XERXES HANANIAH

 

PEOPLE TO REMEMBERAHASUERUS: KING OF PERSIA 478 BC?

VASHTI: AHASUERUS’ FIRST WIFE

MORDECAI: (A EUNUCH)?GREAT-GRANDSON OF KISH - A BENJAMITE

ESTHER: FIRST COUSIN OF MORDECAI

HEGAI: EUNUCH IN CHARGE OF KING’S HAREM

BIGTHAN AND TERESH: KING’S DOORKEEPERS (EUNUCHS)

HAMAN: THE AGGAGITE - DESCEDENT OF KING AGAG

HATHACH: EUNUCH THAT ESTHER SENT TO SEE MORDECAI

OUTLINE ESTHER CHAPTER TEN

AHASUERUS IMPOSES TRIBUTE UPON HIS DOMINIONS: V. 1

AHASUERUS PROMOTES MORDECVAI: V. 2

MORDECAI SEEKS THE WELFARE OF HIS PEOPLE: V. 3

READ: ESTHER 10:1-3

1 King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

2 All the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

3 Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ESTHER 10:1-3

1 King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

2 All the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

WHAT DOES AHASUERUS IMPOSE ON HIS EMPIRE?WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF CHRONICLES?WHY ENCLUDE THE GREATNESS OF MORDECAI?

QUESTIONS: ESTHER 10:1-3

3 For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen. (NKJ)

WHY WAS MORDECAI EXHALTED?WAS THIS THE LORD’S DOING? WHY?