Esther

             There are many fascinating stories to choose from in the Bible but there was one that caught my attention as I was flipping through deciding what I should do my paper about. It was the story of Esther. I picked this story because, to me, it shows perseverance and strength through adversity and persecution.
             The story starts with the king banishing, Vashti, his former wife, from the kingdom and ordering a decree for all the eligible young ladies to appear in his court so he can choose a wife that he likes. Then she will be the new queen. So it was done and the entire kingdom heard the news. The king was looking for a new wife.
             Now in the kingdom lived a man named Mordecai, who worked for the king. He had a niece named Esther who was very beautiful. When Mordecai heard the decree the king sent out he knew his niece would be taken to the palace where she would be prepared to see the king. In the palace she had twelve months of beauty treatments to get ready. Finally at the end to the twelve months it was her turn to see the king. The court was full and when she entered everyone stopped and stared. The king was awe struck by her beauty and fell in love. He sent all of the other ladies home with out even seeing them and made Ester queen. Mordecai told Ester before she went to court that if she became queen she would not share that she was Jewish. He felt she should keep this concealed for her safety.
             Some years later Mordecai uncovered a plot to kill the king and told Queen Esther about it. She went and told the king and gave credit to Mordecai and the two guards were caught and hanged. This whole event was recorded in the "book of annuals."
             Some time later the king honored, Haman, a trusted advisor, and was put him above all the other officials second only to the king. "Mordecai, the Jew, bowed not, nor did him reverence" (1.Beacon Bible Commentary). This enraged Haman and he found out that Mordecai was a J...

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