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Esther 2
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Esther 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1] The author of the book is unknown and modern scholars have established that the final stage of the Hebrew text would have been formed by the second century BCE.[2] Chapters 1 and 2 form the exposition of the book.[3] This chapter introduces Mordecai and his adoptive daughter, Esther, whose beauty won the approval of the king Ahasuerus, and she was crowned the queen of Persia (verse 17).[4] Given information from Mordecai, Esther warned the king of an assassination plan (verses 21–22), so that the would-be assassins were executed on the gallows, and the king owed Mordecai his life.[4]
Esther 2 | |
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![]() An intricately illustrated early 18th-century manuscript scroll of the Book of Esther. | |
Book | Book of Esther |
Category | Ketuvim |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 17 |