Est ESTHER. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS. WHOLE. Esther 1:1 AHASUERUS. REIGN. EXTENT OF KINGDOM Esther 1:22. AHASUERUS. ON HIS THRONE. Esther 2:21. MORDECAI. Discovery of Plot (Bigthan and Teresh). Esther 3:1. HAMAN. HIS PLOT. Esther 4:1. MORDECAI. Discovery of Haman''s Plot. Esther 4:4; Esther 5:1. ESTHER. HER INTERCESSION. Esther 6:1. AHASUERUS. ON HIS BED. Esther 6:2. MORDECAI. KING''S INQUIRY. Esther 6:4. HAMAN. KING''S INQUIRY. Esther 6:10. MORDECAI. KING''S COMMAND. Esther 7:1. ESTHER. HER BANQUET. Esther 7:2 -. AHASUERUS. AT ESTHER''S TABLE. Esther 7:2. KING. INQUIRY AND PROMISE. Esther 7:3. ESTHER. PLEA FOR LIFE. Esther 7:5. KING. INQUIRY AND WRATH. Esther 8:1 -. ESTHER. HER ROYAL GIFT. Esther 8:1. AHASUERUS. ON HIS THRONE. Esther 8:3. ESTHER. PLEA FOR HER PEOPLE. Esther 8:7. KING. DECREE. Esther 9:1. ESTHER. PLEA FOR HER PEOPLE. Esther 9:29. ESTHER. HER ROYAL AUTHORITY. Esther 10:1. AHASUERUS. REIGN. EXTENT OF KINGDOM. Note: No Divine Name or Title is found in the book of Esther. See Appdx-60. TITLE, Book Of Esther. One of the five Megilloth. For its place in the Hebrew Canon see Appdx-1. Read at the Feast of Purim. Comes chronologically thus: (1) Daniel; (2) Esther; (3) Nehemiah; (4) Ezra. The Divine name does not occur, except five times in the form of an Acrostic (Appdx-6) . See Appdx-60, and notes on Esther 1:20; Esther 5:4; Esther 5:13; Esther 7:5; Esther 7:7; Esther 1:2 - Esther 2:20. AHASUERUS. ON HIS THRONE. Esther 1:2. Queen Vashti. Offence. Esther 1:13; Esther 2:1. Queen Vashti. Degradation. Esther 2:2. Queen Esther. Substiuted. Esther 1:2 . QUEEN VASHTI. OFFENCE. Esther 1:2. Feast:king''s to nobles. Esther 1:4. Display of riches. Esther 1:5. Feasts:king''s to people; queen''s to women. Esther 1:10. Display of Vashti. Esther 1:13 . QUEEN VASHTI. DEGRADATION. Esther 1:13. Kings inquiry of wise men. Esther 1:16. Advice. Given. Esther 1:21. King''s agreement with wise men. Esther 1:22. Advice. Acted on. Esther 2:1 . QUEEN ESTHER. SUBSTITUTED. Esther 2:1. Maidens. Sought. Esther 2:5. Mordecai. Position. Esther 2:7. Esther. Relation. Esther 2:8 -. Maidens. Gathered.. Esther 2:8. Esther. Included. Esther 2:10. Mordecai. Solicitude. Esther 2:12. Maidens. Rotation. Esther 2:15. Esther. Selection. Esther 2:19. Mordecai. Station. Esther 2:1 . MORDECAI. DISCOVERY OF PLOT. Esther 2:21 -. Mordecai. Station.. Esther 2:21. Conspiracy. Made. Esther 2:22 -. Mordecai. Discovery.. Esther 2:23. Conspiracy. Punished. Esther 3:1 . HAMAN. PLOT. Esther 3:1 -. Haman. Advancement.. Esther 3:2. The king. Command re Haman. Esther 3:5. The plot. Devised. Esther 3:7. Pur. The month by lot. Twelfth month. Esther 3:8. Haman. Plot purposed. Esther 3:10. The king. Compliance with Haman. Esther 3:12 -. Pur. The day by lot. Thirteenth day.. Esther 3:12. The plot. Succeeds. Esther 4:1 . MORDECAI. DISCOVERY OF (HAMAN''S) PLOT. Esther 4:4; Esther 5:14. ESTHER. INTERCESSION. Esther 4:4. Esther and Mordecai. Esther 5:1. Esther and the king. Esther 4:4 . ESTHER AND MORDECAI. Esther 4:4. Esther. Information. Esther 4:5. Esther. Inquiry of Mordecai. Esther 4:7. Mordecai. Reply and expostulation. Esther 4:15. Esther. Decision. Esther 5:1 . ESTHER AND THE KING. Esther 5:1. King on the royal throne. Esther 5:3. King. Inquiry. Esther 5:4. Esther. Invitation given. Esther 5:5 -. King. Compliance.. Esther 5:5. Esther. Invitation accepted. Esther 5:6 -. King at Esther''s banquet.. Esther 5:6. King. Promise. Esther 5:7. Esther. Second invitation. Esther 5:9 -. Haman''s joy.. Esther 5:9. Esther. Second invitation. Esther 5:9 . ESTHER. SECOND INVITATION. . Esther 5:9. Mordecia. Haman''s indignation. Esther 5:10. Haman. Ostentation. Esther 5:12. Haman. Pride. Esther 5:13. Mordecai. Haman''s gallows. Esther 8:7 . KING. DECREE. Esther 8:7 -. The king.. Esther 8:7. Grant to Esther. Esther 8:8. The writing. Commanded. Decree. Esther 8:9. The writing. Written. Esther 8:11. Grant to Esther''s People. Esther 8:13. The writing. Copied. Esther 8:14. The writing. Decree. Dispatched. Esther 8:15. The king. Esther 9:1 . ESTHER. PLEA FOR HER PEOPLE. Esther 9:1. Assemblage. Esther 9:5 -. Slaughter. Palace.. Esther 9:10. Abstention from plunder. Esther 9:11. King. Receives report. Esther 9:12. Esther''s request. Esther 9:14. King. Makes another decree. Esther 9:15 -. Assemblage.. Esther 9:15 -. Slaughter. Shushan. City.. Esther 9:15. Abstention from plunder. Esther 9:16 -. Assemblage.. Esther 9:16 -. Slaughter. Province.. Esther 9:16. Abstention from plunder. Esther 9:17. Feasting. Provinces. One day (13th). Esther 9:18. Feasting. Shushan. Three days (13th, 14th, and 15th). Esther 9:19. Feasting. Villages. One day (14th). Esther 9:20 Letters of Mordecai. Esther 9:21. Days. Commemoration. Esther 9:23. Observance. Esther 9:25. Letters of the king. Esther 9:26. Days. Names (Purim). Esther 9:27. Observance. Esther 9:29 ESTHER. ROYAL AUTHORITY.