ENGC16H3 Chapter Notes -Eaves, Purim, Gallows
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King at the time king ahasuerus (reigned over ethopia & india) King wants to display the queen before the people to show everyone her beauty but she. He is angered by this refusal and his servants advise him to punish her by finding another queen. Young virgins are gathered in the palace of shushan. Esther is among one of the young women she is a jew, and is raised by her guardian/cousin refuses to replace. Mordecai forbids her from revealing that she is a jew. King comes to love esther above all the women and he takes her as his new queen. In the story, mordecai is depicted as a man who sits in front of the king"s gates this gives him the opportunity to eaves drop on the king"s men who conspire against him. Mordecai informs esther, who then informs the king. The 2 men are hanged thanks to mordecai.
