Esther: An Overview
May 20, 2020 Speaker: Jeremiah Bradford Series: Five Festal Garments
Topic: Bible Overview
The Book of Esther
a. King’s proud feast (1:1-22)
b. Esther becomes queen (2:1-18)
c. King’s life is saved (2:19-23)
d. Haman’s plot (3:1-4:3)
e. Mordecai learns of Hama’s plot and appeals to Esther (4:4-17)
f. Esther’s first banquet for King and Haman (5:1-14)
g. CENTER: Haman’s fortunes turn; Mordecai the Jew is honored (6:1-14)
f’. Esther’s second banquet for King and Haman (7:1-10)
e’. Mordecai and Esther given Haman’s estate (8:1-2)
d’. Haman’s plot foiled (8:3-17)
c’. Jews’ lives are saved (9:1-10)
b’. Esther winds second day for Jews in Susa (9:11-19)
a’. Jews’ Feast of Purim (9:20-10:3)
From David A. Dorsey, The Literary Structure of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999), 163.
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