Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume II: First Samuel through Nehemiah.
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
Table of Contents



ESTHER.

§ I. ESTHER BECOMES QUEEN OF PERSIA. i. 1-ii. 23.

1. The King Holds a Council and Gives a Feast. i. 1-9.

2. The Queen Degraded. 10-22.
3. A Device for Procuring Another Queen. ii. 1-4.
4. Mordecai and Esther. 5-11.
5. Esther Is Chosen. 12-20.

6. Mordecai Saves the King's Life. 21-23.

§ II. HAMAN MAKES A PLOT TO EXTERMINATE THE JEWS.
iii. 1-v. 14.

1. His Promotion and His Purpose Formed. iii. 1-6.

2. A Day Selected, and the Decree Issued. 7-15.
3. Mordecai Mourns, and Informs Esther. iv. 1-9.
4. Esther Is Persuaded to Petition the King. 10-17.
5. Esther Is Accepted and Invites the King and Haman to a
Banquet. v. 1-8. [143]
6. A Plot against Mordecai. 9-14.
§ III. THE DOWNFALL OF HAMAN AND THE DELIVERANCE
OF THE JEWS. vi. 1-x. 3.

1. Mordecai Is Honored, and Haman Is Distressed. vi. 1-14.

2. Haman Exposed and Hanged. vii. 1-10.
3. Mordecai in Haman's Place, and Another Petition Granted.
viii. 1-8.
4. A New Decree Is Issued. 9-17.
5. The Jews Destroy Their Enemies. ix. 1-19.
6. The Feast of Purim Instituted. 20-32.
7. The Power of Ahasuerus and the Glory of Mordecai. x. 1-3.


REVIEW.
ESTHER.

[CNSH2 142-146]

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