Category Archives: Book of Esther

The great king Artaxerxes, from India to Ethiopia, to the governors and princes of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, which […]

And he commanded her (no doubt but he was Mardochai) to go to the king, and petition for her people, […]

Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had recourse to the Lord. 2 And when she had […]

And this was the copy of the letter: Artaxerxes the great king who reigneth from India to Ethiopia, to the […]

And he abode at that time in the king’s court with Bagatha and Thara the king’s eunuchs, who were porters […]

In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest, and of […]

And king Assuerus made all the land, and all the islands of the sea tributary. 2 And his strength and […]

So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all […]

On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews’ enemy, to queen Esther, and Mardochai came in […]

So the king and Aman went in, to drink with the queen. 2 And the king said to her again […]

That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought […]

And on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s […]