1 The king passed that night without sleep, and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him. And when they were reading them before him,
2 they came to that place where it had been written, how Mordecai had reported the treachery of Bigthan and Teresh the eunuchs, who desired to cut the throat of king Artaxerxes.
3 When the king had heard this, he said, “What honor and reward has Mordecai been given for this fidelity?” His servants and ministers said to him, “He has received no compensation at all.”
4 And immediately the king said, “Who is in the atrium?” For, you see, Haman was entering the inner atrium of the king’s house to suggest to the king that he should order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows, which had been prepared for him.
5 The servants answered, “Haman is standing in the atrium.” And the king said, “Let him enter.”
6 And when he had entered, he said to him, “What ought to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” But Haman, thinking in his heart and supposing that the king would honor no one else but himself,
7 answered, “The man whom the king wishes to honor,
8 ought to be clothed with the king’s apparel, and be set upon the horse that the king rides, and receive the royal crown upon his head.
9 And let the first of the king’s rulers and sovereigns hold his horse, and, as they advance through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say, ‘Thus shall he be honored, whom the king decides to honor.’ ”
10 And the king said to him, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, and do as you have said to Mordecai the Jew, who sits in front of the gate of the palace. Be careful not to omit any of those things which you have mentioned.”
11 And so Haman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mordecai in the street of the city, and setting him on the horse, he went before him and cried out, “He is worthy of this honor, whom the king has decided to honor.”
12 And Mordecai returned to the palace door. And Haman hurried to go to his house, mourning and hiding his head.
13 And he explained to Zeresh his wife and to his friends all that had happened to him. And the wise men, whom he held in counsel, and his wife, answered him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is from the offspring of the Jews, you will not be able to withstand him, but you will fall in his sight.”
14 As they were still speaking, the king’s eunuchs arrived and compelled him to go quickly to the feast, which the queen had prepared.
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Esther 10 concludes Esther's story with a brief description of Mordecai's power and her position in the Persian king's court. The central themes of this chapter are Mordecai's triumph over his enemies and the prosperity of Judah under the reign of Artaxerxes. Below are five verses that relate to these themes:
Nehemiah 2:8: "And a letter to Asaph, guard of the king's forest, to give me wood to cover the doors of the temple fortress and to the wall of the city and to the house where I will live." Mordecai is described in Esther 10:3 as a Jewish leader of great power and influence on the court of the Persian king. This verse in Nehemiah suggests that Mordecai used this influence to help rebuild the city of Jerusalem and the temple.
Ezra 7:1-10: This passage lists the Jewish leaders who returned from Babylonian exile and settled in Judah. Among them are descendants of Mordecai and other leaders of Esther's family. This suggests that the influence of Mordecai and Esther in Corte Persian helped ensure the safety and prosperity of the Jewish people after exile.
Ezra 6:14: "The leaders of the Jews continued to make progress in the construction of the temple and were encouraged by the prophet Haggai and the prophet Zechariah the son of gone." This verse shows that the temple in Jerusalem was successfully built after the return of the Babylonian exiles. Mordecai's influence on Corte Persian may have helped ensure the successful conclusion of this work.
Ezra 4:6: "In the reign of Xerxes at the beginning of their reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem." Ezra 4 describes the opposition that the Jewish people faced as they tried to rebuild the city of Jerusalem and the temple. Although Esther and Mordecai are not mentioned in this chapter, his influence on the Persian court may have helped to protect Judah from the opposition of the Persian rulers.
Isaiah 44:28-45:1: "Thus says the Lord to his anointed, Cyrus, whom I took by the right hand to subvert nations before him and to untie the bands, to open the doors and doors not to do not open before him will be closed ". This prophetic passage foresees the role of Cyrus, king of Persia, in the liberation of the Jews of Babylonian exile and in the reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Although Cyrus is not mentioned in Esther's story, he is an important character in the history of Persia and the liberation of the Jews of Babylonian exile.
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