Esther 1:8; Esther 1:9; Esther 1:22; Esther 2:3; Esther 2:8; Esther 2:9; Esther 2:11; Esther 2:13; Esther 2:14; Esther 2:16; Esther 4:13; Esther 4:14; Esther 5:1; Esther 5:10; Esther 6:4; Esther 6:12; Esther 7:8; Esther 7:9; Esther 8:1; Esther 8:2; Esther 8:7; Esther 9:4

Esther 1:8

8 By the king’s command each guest was allowed to drink with no restrictions, for the king instructed all the wine stewards to serve each man what he wished.

Esther 1:9

9 Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

Esther 1:22

22 He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be ruler over his own household, using his native tongue.

Esther 2:3

3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.

Esther 2:8

8 When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem.

Esther 2:9

9 She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king’s palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem.

Esther 2:11

11 Every day he walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.

Esther 2:13

13 And this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

Esther 2:14

14 In the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name.

Esther 2:16

16 She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

Esther 4:13

13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape.

Esther 4:14

14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

Esther 5:1

1 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance.

Esther 5:10

10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife,

Esther 6:4

4 The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him.

Esther 6:12

12 Afterward Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief,

Esther 7:8

8 Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?” As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Esther 7:9

9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.” The king said, “Impale him on it!”

Esther 8:1

1 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

Esther 8:2

2 The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.

Esther 8:7

7 King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled him on the pole he set up.

Esther 9:4

4 Mordecai was prominent in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.