The Book Of Esther
CHAPTER 2:1-4
"The King's Remorse"

Outline with Text
J. Deering,
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THE VISUALIZED TEXT (NASB)  (conjunctions & prepositions underlined, words not in original text in italics)  (alternate text in purple)THE VISUALIZED TEXT (NASB)  (conjunctions & prepositions underlined, words not in original text in italics)

(2:1)
Later when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her.

(2:2)
Then the king's personal attendants proposed, "Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.

(2:3)
Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful girls into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.

(2:4)
Then let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.


ABOUT: (Questions to be explored based on this study's verses)

(2:1)
Later when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her.

(2:2)
Then the king's personal attendants proposed, "Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.

(2:3)
Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful girls into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.

(2:4)
Then let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.

BRIEF OUTLINE:
I.    The Jew's Grave Danger 1-3
        A.    The background of the plot 1:1-3:5
                1.    The feasts and folly of Xerxes, Queen Vashti deposed 1
                        a.    The three feasts 1:1-9

CROSS REFERENCES:

(2:1)
Later when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her.

(2:2)
Then the king's personal attendants proposed, "Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.

(2:3)
Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful girls into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.

(2:4)
Then let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.

*Footnotes from the Ryrie Expanded NIV Study Bible

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2012-11-21