Esther: Part 2, Lessons 1-2
Chapters 1-4
• Xerxes Throws a Banquet, Calls for Vashti
• Vashti Refuses and Is Banished
• Xerxes Searches for a New Queen
• Crowns Esther (Hadassah)
• Haman Promoted
• Mordecai Refuses To Worship Haman
• Human Calls for Death of All Jews
• Xerxes Signs Decree of Death
• Mordecai Mourning
• Calls Esther To Go to King and Plead for Her People