Esther

Updated: Oct 11, 2020

Esther

Category: Historical Books

Written: c. 400s BC

By: Unknown

Topic: Story of Redemption

Location: Persia

Purpose: To demonstrate that, in all circumstances, God is in control.

Outline (chapter)

Search for a New Queen (1-2)
Haman's Plot (3)
Esther's Plan (4-6)
Haman's Downfall (7)
Esther Saves the Jews (8-10)

Key Verse: For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? (Esther 4:14)

Categories: Bible, Old Testament, Historical Books