Esther
Author – Not
known for certain
Time – 510 B.C.
Summary – Esther is an historical book, written during the period of the captivity. It records the plot of Haman, the prime minister to the Persian king, to exterminate the Jewish race. This plot is foiled by Esther, the queen of Persia, who was a Jewess. This book gives us the origin of the Feast of Purim, which celebrates God’s goodness in delivering the Jews from Haman.
| Passage | Subject |
| Chapter 1 v 1 to 22 | Vashti divorced |
| Chapter 2 v 1 to 23 | Esther made queen |
| Chapter 3 v 1 to 15 | Haman’s plot against the Jews |
| Chapter 4 v 1 to 17 | Esther’s decision |
| Chapter 5 v 1 to 14 | Esther’s first banquet |
| Chapter 6 v 1 to 14 | Haman humiliated before Mordecai |
| Chapter 7 v 1 to 10 | Esther’s second banquet |
| Chapter 8 v 1 to 17 | Mordecai’s counter-decree |
| Chapter 9 v 1 to 10 v 3 | The Jews victorious, and Purim instituted |
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