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When Esther found out that this was to happen she wanted intercede, but  feared doing so because anyone who entered the king\u2019s throne room without permission could be put to death. She prayed and fasted for three days and found the courage to approach her husband, the king.  She told him of her Jewish ancestry and pleaded for her people. Ahasuerus was persuaded by his love for Esther and ordered Haman to be hanged on the very gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Esther&#8217;s life story in Bible verses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Esther is a beautiful, orphaned Jewish girl <\/strong><br \/>\nThen the king\u2019s personal attendants proposed, \u201cLet a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. (Esther 2:2, NIV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 She is the adopted daughter of her cousin Mordecai <\/strong><br \/>\nMordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. (Esther 2:7, NIV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Esther is a God-fearing woman living in a pagan court <\/strong><br \/>\nShe was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.  Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. And the king gave a great banquet, Esther\u2019s banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality. When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king\u2019s gate. But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai\u2019s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up. (Esther 2:16-20, NIV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Esther was chosen by King Ahasuerus to be queen <\/strong><br \/>\n Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. (Esther 2:17, NIV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Esther finds out that the Jews were to be executed by Haman<\/strong><br \/>\nBut Mordecai found out about the plot and told Queen Esther, who in turn reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai. (Esther 2:22)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 She fasts and prays for three days and then risked death by approaching the king<\/strong><br \/>\nThen she instructed him to say to Mordecai, \u201cAll the king\u2019s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.\u201d (Esther 4:10-11, NIV)<\/p>\n<p>On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king\u2019s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance.  When he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased with her and held out to her the gold scepter that was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.  (Esther 5:2, NIV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 She prepared a banquet for the king and Haman <\/strong><br \/>\n \u201cIf it pleases the king,\u201d replied Esther, \u201clet the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.\u201d (Esther 5:4, NIV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 She asked the king for a new edict<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIf it pleases the king,\u201d she said, \u201cand if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king\u2019s provinces. (Esther 8:5, NIV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022  Esther\u2019s delivery of God\u2019s people is still celebrated by Jews during Purim <\/strong><br \/>\nEsther\u2019s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records. (Esther 9:32, NIV)<\/p>\n<p>For more on Purim, read: <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/the-hidden-miracles-of-purim\/\"><strong>The Hidden Miracles of Purim<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/women-in-the-bible\/10-remarkable-women-of-the-bible\/\">Read 10 Remarkable Women of the Bible.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esther was a beautiful young woman who was chosen by King Ahasuerus to be queen. King Ahasuerus did not know that Esther was Jewish. The Jews had been driven out of Israel, about 70 years earlier and exiled in Persia. 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