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Bookmark or Share- Who Was Esther in the Bible? Story and Significance - ChristianityThe Book of Esther describes how Esther, originally named Hadassah, becomes queen after winning a beauty contest. Her cousin Mordecai uncovers a plot by Haman, a high-ranking official, to destroy the Jewish people.
- Esther | Biblical Figure, Purim, & Facts | BritannicaEsther is the heroine and central figure in the Book of Esther of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. The wife of the Persian king Xerxes I, she (with her cousin Mordecai) persuaded the king to cancel an order for the extermination of Jews in his realm.
- Esther - WikipediaEsther, [a] originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. [1]
- The Book of Esther - Bible GatewayThe Book of Esther tells a story of the deliverance of the Jewish people. We are shown a Persian emperor, Ahasuerus (loosely based on Xerxes, 485–464 B.C.), who makes momentous decisions for trivial reasons, and his wicked minister, Haman, who takes advantage of the king’s compliance to pursue a personal vendetta against the Jews by having ...
- Who Was Esther and Why Was She So Important? - CrosswalkEsther is one of only two books of the Bible named after a woman. Through Esther’s resolve to trust in God, she influenced the king and saved her people.
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