Peoples Gospel Church

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+010       CHAPTER 10 (ESV) 1 King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. 2 And all the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+009       CHAPTER 9 (ESV) 20 And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, 21 obliging them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+008       CHAPTER 8 (ESV) 3 Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil plan of Haman the Agagite and the plot that he had devised against the Jews. 4 When the king held out…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+007       CHAPTER 7 (ESV) 1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2 And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you.…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+006       CHAPTER 6 (ESV) 1 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+005       CHAPTER 5 (ESV) 9 And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home,…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+004       CHAPTER 4 (ESV) 13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+003       CHAPTER 3 (ESV) 1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+002       CHAPTER 2 (ESV) 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+001       Esther The book of Esther explains why Jews in the Persian period began celebrating a new festival called Purim. The Law of Moses had earlier described how God’s mighty acts of deliverance lay behind holidays such as Passover and Tabernacles. The book of Esther shows how God…