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