PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

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PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

• KING CYRUS - EZRA 11 (536 BC)?
• KING DARIUS EZRA 1-6 (538-516 BC)?
• ESTHER QUEEN OF PERSIA (58 YEARS) (478 BC)?
• ARTAXERXES EZRA 7-10 (458-457 BC)?
• ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS (465-424 BC)?
• ZERUBBABEL - SHESHBAZZAR - LEVITE
• GOVERNOR OF JUDAH HAGGAI 11 (536 BC)?
• LEVITES WHO CAME WITH ZERUBBABEL
• NEHEMIAH - PRIEST EZRA 22 (536 BC)?
• JEREMIAH - PRIEST NEHEMIAH 121 (536 BC)?
• JESHUA - HIGH PRIEST NEHEMIAH 121 (536 BC)?
• EZRA - PRIEST NEHEMIAH 121 (536 BC)?

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PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

• NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON (498 BC)?
• JECONIAH KING OF JUDAH (498 BC)?
• AHASUERUS KING OF PERSIA (483 BC)?
• VASHTI AHASUERUS EX-WIFE
• MORDECAI GREAT-GRANDSON OF KISH
• - A BENJAMITE (A EUNUCH)?
• HEGAI EUNUCH IN CHARGE OF KINGS HAREM
• ESTHER FIRST COUSIN OF MORDECAI
• BIGTHAN TERESH KINGS DOORKEEPERS
• SHAASHGAZ KEEPER OF THE KINGS CONCUBINES
• HIGH PRIESTS KINGS OF PERSIA STOCK OF JUDAH
• SERAIAH CAMBYSES JECONIAH
• JOZADAK CYRUS SALATHIEL
• JESHUA DARIUS ZERUBBABEL
• JOIAKIM XERXES HANANIAH
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PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

• AHASUERUS KING OF PERSIA 478 BC?
• VASHTI AHASUERUS FIRST WIFE
• MORDECAI (A EUNUCH)?
• GREAT-GRANDSON OF KISH - A BENJAMITE
• ESTHER FIRST COUSIN OF MORDECAI
• HEGAI EUNUCH IN CHARGE OF KINGS HAREM
• BIGTHAN AND TERESH KINGS DOORKEEPERS (EUNUCHS)
  
• HAMAN THE AGGAGITE - DESCEDENT OF KING AGAG
• HATHACH EUNUCH THAT ESTHER SENT TO SEE MORDECAI

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OUTLINE ESTHER CHAPTER SIX

• KING WANTS THE CHRONICLES TO BE READ TO HIM
• RECORD SHOWS WHAT MORDECAI HAD DONE
• KING ASKS IF HE HAD BEEN REWARDED V. 1-3
• KING ASKS HAMAN HOW TO HONOR THIS MAN V. 4-9
• HAMAN COMMANDED TO HONOR MORDECAI V. 10-11
• HAMANS WIFE PREDICTS HAMANS DOWNFALL V. 12-13
• HAMAN IS BROUGHT TO ESTHERS BANQUET V. 14

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READ ESTHER 61-3

• 1 That night the king could not sleep. So one
  was commanded to bring the book of the records of
  the chronicles and they were read before the
  king.
• 2 And it was found written that Mordecai had
  told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the kings
  eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay
  hands on King Ahasuerus.
• 3 Then the king said, What honor or dignity has
  been bestowed on Mordecai for this? And the
  kings servants who attended him said, Nothing
  has been done for him.

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 61-3

• 1 That night the king could not sleep. So one
  was commanded to bring the book of the records of
  the chronicles and they were read before the
  king.
• WHAT IS THE KING UNABLE TO DO?
• WHAT DOES HE COMMAND SOMEONE TO DO?
• WHAT BOOK IS READ TO THE KING?

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 61-3

• 2 And it was found written that Mordecai had
  told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the kings
  eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay
  hands on King Ahasuerus.
• WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE BOOK OF CHRONICLES?
• REMEMBER BIGTHANA AND TERESH?
• ESTHER 221-23
• WHAT HAD THEY PLANNED TO DO?

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 61-3

• 3 Then the king said, What honor or dignity has
  been bestowed on Mordecai for this? And the
  kings servants who attended him said, Nothing
  has been done for him.
• WHAT DID THE KING ASK HIS SERVANTS?
• WHAT DID THE KINGS SERVANTS REPLY?

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READ ESTHER 64-6

• 4 So the king said, Who is in the court? Now
  Haman had just entered the outer court of the
  kings palace to suggest that the king hang
  Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for
  him.
• 5 The kings servants said to him, Haman is
  there, standing in the court. And the king said,
  Let him come in.
• 6 So Haman came in, and the king asked him,
  What shall be done for the man whom the king
  delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his
  heart, Whom would the king delight to honor more
  than me?

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 64-6

• 4 So the king said, Who is in the court? Now
  Haman had just entered the outer court of the
  kings palace to suggest that the king hang
  Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for
  him.
• WHAT DID THE KING ASK HIS SERVANTS?
• WHO WAS IN THE KINGS COURT?
• WHAT WAS HAMAN PLANNING TO ASK THE KING?

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 64-6

• 5 The kings servants said to him, Haman is
  there, standing in the court. And the king said,
  Let him come in.
• 6 Haman came in, and the king asked him, What
  shall be done for the man whom the king delights
  to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, Whom
  would the king delight to honor more than me?
• WHAT DID THE KINGS SERVANTS REPLY?
• WHAT DID THE KING ASK THEM TO DO?
• WHAT DID THE KING ASK HAMAN?
• WHAT DID HAMAN THINK IN HIS HEART?

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READ ESTHER 67-9

• 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom
  the king delights to honor,
• 8 Let a royal robe be brought which the king
  has worn, and a horse on which the king has
  ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its
  head.
• 9 Then let this robe and horse be delivered to
  the hand of one of the kings most noble princes,
  that he may array the man whom the king delights
  to honor. Then parade him on horseback through
  the city square, and proclaim before him Thus
  shall it be done to the man whom the king
  delights to honor!

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 67-9

• 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom
  the king delights to honor,
• 8 Let a royal robe be brought which the king
  has worn, and a horse on which the king has
  ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its
  head.
• WHAT DID HAMAN SAY TO THE KING?
• WHO WAS HAAMAN LOOKING TO HONOR?
• WHY THE KINGS ROBE AND THE KINGS HORSE?

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 67-9

• 9 Then let this robe and horse be delivered to
  the hand of one of the kings most noble princes,
  that he may array the man whom the king delights
  to honor. Then parade him on horseback through
  the city square, and proclaim before him Thus
  shall it be done to the man whom the king
  delights to honor!
• WHO WOULD PRESENT THESE TO THAT MAN?
• WHY PARADE HIM THROUGH THE CITY?
• WHAT IS HE TO PROCLAIM?

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READ ESTHER 610-12

• 10 Then the king said to Haman, Hurry, take the
  robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do
  so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the
  kings gate! Leave nothing undone of all that you
  have spoken.
• 11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed
  Mordecai and led him on horseback through the
  city square, and proclaimed before him, Thus
  shall it be done to the man whom the king
  delights to honor!
• 12 Afterward Mordecai went back to the kings
  gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning
  and with his head covered.

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 610-12

• 10 Then the king said to Haman, Hurry, take the
  robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do
  so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the
  kings gate! Leave nothing undone of all that you
  have spoken.
• WHAT DID THE KING SAY TO HAMAN?
• WHAT IS HAMAN COMMANDED TO DO?
• WHY SUCH A HURRY?
• WHERE WAS MORDECAI AT THIS TIME?

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 610-12

• 11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed
  Mordecai and led him on horseback through the
  city square, and proclaimed before him, Thus
  shall it be done to the man whom the king
  delights to honor!
• 12 Afterward Mordecai went back to the kings
  gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning
  and with his head covered.
• DID HAMAN DO AS THE KING COMMANDED?
• WHAT DID HAMAN PROCLAIM TO THE PEOPLE?
• AFTERWARD WHERE DID MORDECAI GO?
• WHERE DID HAMAN GO?
• HOW DID HAMAN FEEL? WHY?

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READ ESTHER 613-14

• 13 When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his
  friends everything that had happened to him, his
  wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If
  Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is
  of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against
  him but will surely fall before him.
• 14 While they were still talking with him, the
  kings eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman
  to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 613-14

• 13 When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his
  friends everything that had happened to him, his
  wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If
  Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is
  of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against
  him but will surely fall before him.
• WHAT DID HAMAN TELL HIS WIFE AND FRIENDS?
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO HAMAN?
• WHY WOULD THIS HAPPEN IF MORDECAI IS A JEW?

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QUESTIONS ESTHER 613-14

• 14 While they were still talking with him, the
  kings eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman
  to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
• WHO CAME IN WHILE THEY WERE TALKING?
• WHAT WAS THEIR HURRY?
• WHERE WERE THEY TAKING HAMAN?

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