Study
2 From the Book of Esther is: Esther 2:
1-18
1- By what steps
did Ester become queen? Consider the events and the timing in terms of God’s
overruling care for His people. See Note on verse 16; cf. Rom. 8:28; Is. 65:24
2- How far
should a Christian conform to the laws and customs of his country? Cf. Dn. 1:8;
1 Pet. 2:13, 14.
Notes
1-
Verses 5, 6. ‘Who had been carried away …’: this refers not to
Mordecai, but to Kish his grandfather.
2-
Verse 16. Cf. 1:3. Four years had elapsed since Vashti was
deposed.
