Esther
Esther is set in the Persian court of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes), where a young Jewish woman becomes queen while concealing her people. When the villain Haman plots to destroy all the Jews of the empire, Esther is urged by her cousin Mordecai to intervene — 'who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?' (4:14).
At great risk she exposes the plot, Haman falls, and the Jews are delivered — the deliverance still celebrated at the feast of Purim. Famously, God is never named in the book, yet his providence works unmistakably behind every 'coincidence' of the story.
People appearing in Esther
Esther
Queen of Persia
Haman
Enemy of the Jews
Hegai
Keeper of the harem
Jehoiachin
King of Judah
Mordecai
Cousin of Esther
Nebuchadnezzar
King of Babylon
Vashti
Queen of Persia
Xerxes
King of Persia
Zeresh
Wife of Haman
Abagtha
Exile and Return
Abihail (Est 2:15)
Exile and Return
Adalia
Exile and Return
Admatha
Exile and Return
Aridai
Exile and Return
Aridatha
Exile and Return
Arisai
Exile and Return
Aspatha
Exile and Return
Bigtha
Exile and Return
Bigthan
Exile and Return
Biztha
Exile and Return
Carkas
Exile and Return
Carshena
Exile and Return
Dalphon
Exile and Return
Hammedatha
Exile and Return
Harbona
Exile and Return
Harbona (Est 7:9)
Exile and Return
Hathach
Exile and Return
Jair (Est 2:5)
Exile and Return
Judah (Gen 29:35)
the Patriarchs
Kish (Est 2:5)
Exile and Return
Marsena
Exile and Return
Mehuman
Exile and Return
Memucan
Exile and Return
Meres
Exile and Return
Parmashta
Exile and Return
Parshandatha
Exile and Return
Poratha
Exile and Return
Shaashgaz
Exile and Return
Shethar
Exile and Return
Shimei (Est 2:5)
Exile and Return
Tarshish (Est 1:14)
Exile and Return
Teresh
Exile and Return
Vaizatha
Exile and Return
Zethar
Exile and Return