Tag: queen

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

Esther: Act with Courage and Wisdom (Esther 7:1-6 Devotional)

Meijing

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. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom,… Continue reading Esther: Act with Courage and Wisdom (Esther 7:1-6 Devotional)

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

The End is Written, and It is Near (Esther 6:12-14 Devotional)

Meijing

12 Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered. 13 And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun… Continue reading The End is Written, and It is Near (Esther 6:12-14 Devotional)

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

Esther- Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help (Esther 4:4-9 Devotional)

Ed

4 When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her,… Continue reading Esther- Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help (Esther 4:4-9 Devotional)

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

Esther- Esther Agrees to Help the Jews I (Esther 4:1-3 Devotional)

Ed

When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. 2 But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it. 3 In every province to… Continue reading Esther- Esther Agrees to Help the Jews I (Esther 4:1-3 Devotional)

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews III (Esther 3:12-15 Devotional)

Ed

12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in… Continue reading Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews III (Esther 3:12-15 Devotional)

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews II (Esther 3:7-11 Devotional)

Ed

7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus,… Continue reading Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews II (Esther 3:7-11 Devotional)

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews (Esther 3:1-6 Devotional)

Ed

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 paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him.… Continue reading Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews (Esther 3:1-6 Devotional)

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

Esther: The Chosen Queen (Esther 2:16-18 Devotional)

Meijing

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 and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so… Continue reading Esther: The Chosen Queen (Esther 2:16-18 Devotional)