ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN. Ere long Ahasuerus longs for his lost queen's
comradeship. He is moved to issue a summons throughout all his
territories, commanding all fair maidens to appear as candidates for
the queenship. This command removes the fancy that a Jewess had no
right to come. She had to come. Am... [ Continue Reading ]
MORDECAI DETECTS A PLOT TO MURDER THE KING. A story of the conspiracy
of regicides is set here in both Heb. and LXX, because the earlier
mention of it had been cut out. But this insertion is badly made; for
Mordecai would surely not send his report of the conspiracy to the
king through Esther, and s... [ Continue Reading ]