Here we are introduced to Mordecai and Esther, the primary protaginist. King Xerxes' anger subsided and he decided to find a new queen because you will remember the decree about vashti cannot be repealed even by the king. You will also notice that Esther has a hebrew name (hadassah which means myrtle) and a gentile name (esther which means star), which appears a lot of times in the bible when hebrews work for gentiles, such as Joseph, Daniel, and his 3 friends.
We learn that Esther is an orphan who was raised by her cousin Mordecai. thus the king proclaims that young virgins and among them a queen would replaced Vashti. and God caused Xerxes to find favor with Esther, and so Esther became queen in preperation for chapter 3.
a journey through the book about jesus christ and his redeeming work
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