Knowledge Graph Scripture & Encyclopedia

Search & Explore

Suggested topics:
Found 36 topics & entities and 24 verses in 1622ms • Auto-routed to Exact Words (Full-Text)
Topic Overview

Esther

Esther (Old Testament • 10 Chapters): Esther (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Jair , Shimei , Kish , Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah . Key places: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish , Jair . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and..." Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Babylonian Captivity & Post-Exilic Return—In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Esther 6:14 : "And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared."; Esther 9:14 : "And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons."; Esther 3:14 : "The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.". Related canonical books and chapters: Esther (Old Testament • 10 Chapters), 1 Corinthians 14 ( 1 Corinthians • Chapter 14 (40 verses)), Acts 14 ( Acts • Chapter 14 (28 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Esther
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 10 Chapters

Esther (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Jair , Shimei , Kish , Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah . Key places: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish , Jair . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and..."

🎬
VIDEO • overview

Overview of Esther demonstrating God's sovereign providence working quietly behind scenes of the Persian court to deliver Jewish exiles from genocide without God being explicitly named.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
1 Corinthians 14
58% Chapter
1 Corinthians • Chapter 14 (40 verses)

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men t...

Acts 14
58% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 14 (28 verses)

And it came to pass in Iconium , that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the bre... Mentions: Iconium , Lystra , Derbe , Lycaonia , Antioch 1 .

John 14
57% Chapter
John • Chapter 14 (31 verses)

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Judas .

Luke 14
57% Chapter
Luke • Chapter 14 (35 verses)

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawfu... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Matthew 14
57% Chapter
Matthew • Chapter 14 (36 verses)

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus , And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. For Herod had laid hold on John , and bound him, and put him in prison for Herod... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Gennesaret .

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 0 Chapters

The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther, which are found neiither in the Hebrew, nor in the Chaldee ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 0 chapters).

Mark 14
56% Chapter
Mark • Chapter 14 (72 verses)

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the hous... Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , James ( Jacob ), Bethany 1 , Galilee , Gethsemane , Nazareth .

Revelation 14
56% Chapter
Revelation • Chapter 14 (20 verses)

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Babylon .

Romans 14
56% Chapter
Romans • Chapter 14 (23 verses)

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Chronicles 14
56% Chapter
1 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (17 verses)

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David , and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel , for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel . And David took more... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Shobab , Nathan , Solomon , Tyre , Jerusalem , Japhia , Rephaim , Baal .

1 Kings 14
55% Chapter
1 Kings • Chapter 14 (31 verses)

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh : behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over thi... Mentions: Abijah , Jacob/Israel , David , Nadab , Rehoboam , Shiloh , Tirzah , Jerusalem , Naamah , Egypt .

1 Samuel 14
55% Chapter
1 Samuel • Chapter 14 (52 verses)

Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomeg... Mentions: Jonathan , Saul, Ahoah (or Ahiah ), Ahitub , Phinehas , Gibeah 1 , Migron , Shiloh , Bozez , Seneh .

2 Chronicles 14
55% Chapter
2 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (15 verses)

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: For he took away the altars of the strange gods, ... Mentions: Abijah , David , Asa, Judah , Benjamin , Mareshah , Gerar , Jerusalem .

2 Kings 14
55% Chapter
2 Kings • Chapter 14 (29 verses)

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah . He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem . And he did that wh... Mentions: Joash, Jehoahaz (or Johanan ), Jacob/Israel , Amaziah , Judah , Jerusalem, Edom , Sela , Joktheel 1 , Lebanon .

2 Samuel 14
54% Chapter
2 Samuel • Chapter 14 (33 verses)

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. And Joab sent to Tekoa , and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a wo... Mentions: Zeruiah , Jacob/Israel , Tamar , Tekoa , Geshur , Jerusalem , Tamar 2 .

Deuteronomy 14
54% Chapter
Deuteronomy • Chapter 14 (29 verses)

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon ...

Esther 1
54% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 1 (22 verses)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, In the th... Mentions: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish .

Esther 2
54% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 2 (23 verses)

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: And let the king appoint ... Mentions: Jair , Shimei , Kish , Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah , Jerusalem , Babylon .

Esther 3
53% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 3 (15 verses)

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commande...

Esther 4
53% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 4 (17 verses)

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sac...

Esther 5
53% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 5 (14 verses)

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. And it was so, when the king...

Esther 6
53% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 6 (14 verses)

On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sough...

Esther 7
53% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 7 (10 verses)

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the...

Esther 8
53% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 8 (17 verses)

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set ... Mentions: India , Ethiopia .

Esther 9
52% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 9 (32 verses)

Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that th...

Esther 10
52% Chapter
Esther • Chapter 10 (3 verses)

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings o... Mentions: Media , Persia .

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Exodus 14
52% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 14 (31 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , that they turn and encamp before Pi–hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal –zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel , They are entangled i... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel, Baal , Migdol , Egypt .

Papyrus 66 (Bodmer II) — Gospel of John 1:1–14
IMAGE • manuscripts

Magnificent early 3rd-century papyrus witness to the Johannine Prologue and the Incarnation.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Paul's First Missionary Journey (Acts 13–14)
IMAGE • maps

Antioch to Cyprus ( Salamis , Paphos ), Perga , Pisidian Antioch , Iconium , Lystra , and Derbe .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Albrecht Dürer — The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1498)
IMAGE • artwork

Conquest, War, Famine, and Death galloping across humanity in Dürer's legendary woodcut masterpiece.

Albrecht Dürer • Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain Mark 1.0
Ezekiel 14
52% Chapter
Ezekiel • Chapter 14 (23 verses)

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Noah , Daniel , Jerusalem .

Albrecht Dürer — Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498)
IMAGE • artwork

The archangel Michael and his angels casting down the ancient dragon in the apocalyptic heavenly war.

Albrecht Dürer • Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain Mark 1.0
Albrecht Dürer — The Opening of the Seventh Seal (1498)
IMAGE • artwork

Silence in heaven and the seven angels receiving the trumpets before the throne of God.

Albrecht Dürer • Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain Mark 1.0

Scripture Passages (24)

And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish , Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media , which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

And they told to Mordecai Esther 's words.

Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

Then answered Esther , and said, My petition and my request is;

And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther . So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Link copied to clipboard
Article Wiki

Title

Open Page → Explore