Lesson XLIII. Queen Esther

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut · 1907

Retold story (not Scripture)
This is a storyteller's retelling from an old children's book. Read the Bible passage for God's own words.

Bible: Esther 1—10 · 1 min read · All ages

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(Tell Story 15 in Part Fifth.)

1. In what city did the king of Pẽr´s̝iȧ live? In the city of Shṳ´shan.

2. What beautiful Jew´ĭsh girl lived in Shṳ´shan? Ĕs´thẽr.

3. Who cared for Ĕs´thẽr and brought her up? Her cousin Môr´de-cāi.

4. Who was the king of Pẽr´s̝iȧ at that time? A̍̄-hăs̝-ū-ē´rŭs.

5. What did king A̍̄-hăs̝-ū-ē´rŭs do when he saw Ĕs´thẽr? He made her queen.

6. Who stood next to the king in power? A man named Hā´man.

7. What law did Hā´man cause king A̍̄-hăs̝-ū-ē´rŭs to make? That all the Jews̝ should be killed.

8. What did Queen Ĕs´thẽr do when she heard that this law had been made? She went to the king in his palace.

9. What did she ask the king to do? To spare the lives of her people.

10. What became of Hā´man, the Jews̝' enemy? He was put to death.

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Hurlbut's Bible Lessons for Boys and Girls (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., copyright 1907). Public domain. Transcription by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (pgdp.net). printed page 29. Source

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