PEOPLE TO REMEMBER KING CYRUS KING DARIUS EZRA
PEOPLE TO REMEMBER KING CYRUS KING DARIUS: EZRA 1: 1 EZRA 1 -6 (536 BC)? (538 -516 BC)? ESTHER QUEEN OF PERSIA (58 YEARS) (478 BC)? ARTAXERXES: EZRA 7 -10 ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS: (458 -457 BC)? (465 -424 BC)? ZERUBBABEL - SHESHBAZZAR - LEVITE GOVERNOR OF JUDAH HAGGAI 1: 1 (536 BC)? LEVITES WHO CAME WITH ZERUBBABEL NEHEMIAH - 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: JECONIAH: AHASUERUS: VASHTI: MORDECAI: KING OF BABYLON (498 BC)? KING OF JUDAH (498 BC)? KING OF PERSIA (483 BC)? AHASUERUS’ EX-WIFE GREAT-GRANDSON OF KISH - A BENJAMITE (A EUNUCH)? HEGAI: EUNUCH IN CHARGE OF KING’S HAREM ESTHER: FIRST COUSIN OF MORDECAI BIGTHAN & TERESH: KING’S DOORKEEPERS SHAASHGAZ : KEEPER OF THE KING’S CONCUBINES HIGH PRIESTS SERAIAH JOZADAK JESHUA JOIAKIM KINGS OF PERSIA CAMBYSES CYRUS DARIUS XERXES STOCK OF JUDAH JECONIAH SALATHIEL ZERUBBABEL HANANIAH
PEOPLE TO REMEMBER AHASUERUS: 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 FIVE ESTHER GOES TO THE KING: V. 1 -2 KING PROMISES TO GRANT HER REQUEST: V. 3 SHE INVITES THE KING AND HAMAN TO A BANQUET: V. 4 -5 ESTHER WILL MAKE HER REQUEST AT THE BANQUET: V. 6 -8 HAMAN COMPLAINS TO HIS WIFE ABOUT MORDECAI: V. 9 -13 HAMAN BUILDS A GALLOWS TO HANG MORDECAI: V. 14
READ: ESTHER 5: 1 -2 1 Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house. 2 So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter.
QUESTIONS: 1 ESTHER 5: 1 -2 Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE THIRD DAY? HOW DID ESTHER ARRAY HERSELF ? WHY AT THIS PARTICULAR PLACE?
QUESTIONS: 2 ESTHER 5: 1 -2 So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter. DID THE KING SEE ESTHER? DID SHE FIND FAVOR IN HIS SIGHT? WHAT DID THE KING DO? WHAT DID ESTHER DO?
READ: ESTHER 5: 3 -5 3 And the king said to her, “What do you wish, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given to you—up to half the kingdom!” 4 So Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him. ” 5 Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, that he may do as Esther has said. ” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
QUESTIONS: ESTHER 5: 3 -5 3 And the king said to her, “What do you wish, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given to you—up to half the kingdom!” 4 So Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him. ” 5 Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, that he may do as Esther has said. ” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared. WHAT DID THE KING SAY TO ESTHER? WHAT DID ESTHER SAY TO THE KING? WHO DID SHE PREPARE THE BANQUET FOR? HOW DID THE KING RESPOND TO THIS?
READ: ESTHER 5: 6 -8 6 At the banquet of wine the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!” 7 Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and request is this: 8 “If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said. ”
QUESTIONS: 6 ESTHER 5: 6 -8 At the banquet of wine the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!” AT THE BANQUET WHAT DID THE KING ASK ESTHER? REMEMBER KING HEROD? READ: MARK 6: 22 -23 22 When Herodias' daughter herself came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you. " 23 He also swore to her, "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom. “ (NKJ)
QUESTIONS: ESTHER 5: 6 -8 7 Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and request is this: 8 “If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said. ” WHAT WAS ESTHER’S REQUEST? WHO IS SHE PREPARING THIS BANQUET FOR? WHAT WILL ESTHER DO AT THIS BANQUET?
READ: ESTHER 5: 9 -11 9 So Haman went out that day joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 Then Haman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.
QUESTIONS: 9 ESTHER 5: 9 -11 So Haman went out that day joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai. HOW DID HAMAN RESPOND TO THIS ? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE SAW MORDECAI? WHY WAS HE FILLED WITH INDIGNATION?
QUESTIONS: ESTHER 5: 9 -11 10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 Then Haman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king. THEN, WHAT DID HAMAN DO? WHY DID HE CALL HIS WIFE AND FRIENDS? WHAT DID HE TELL THEM?
READ: ESTHER 5: 12 -14 12 Moreover Haman said, “Besides, Queen Esther invited no one but me to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared; and tomorrow I am again invited by her, along with the king. 13 “Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. ” 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet. ” And the thing pleased Haman; so he had the gallows made.
QUESTIONS: ESTHER 5: 12 -14 12 Moreover Haman said, “Besides, Queen Esther invited no one but me to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared; and tomorrow I am again invited by her, along with the king. 13 “Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. ” WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT ESTHER’S BANQUET? WAS THIS IN HONOR OF HIM? WHY WAS HE NOT TOTALLY HAPPY?
QUESTIONS: 14 ESTHER 5: 12 -14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet. ” And the thing pleased Haman; so he had the gallows made. WHAT DID HIS WIFE AND FRIENDS REPLY? WHAT SHOULD HE SUGGEST TO THE KING? DID THIS PLEASE HAMAN?
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