Esther 4:1--5:14

•  Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help (Esther 4)

Mordecai warns Esther (BARRIAS, Felix Joseph)	Esther and Mordecai (GELDER, Aert de)	Mordecai laments, Esther faints before Ahasuerus, and Haman implores Esther's grace in vain (LIPPI, Filippino)	There was loud mourning among the Jews (VALLOTTON, Annie)







(5 Pictures)   Related Chapter:  Esther 4

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•  Esther's Request to the King (Esther 5:1-8)
It is sometimes difficult to decide whether an artwork depicts the banquet in Esther 5 or the one in chapter 7
Esther touches Ahasuerus's sceptre (Aurifaber Workshop, Associate of)	Esther kneels before Ahasuerus (BROUWER, Claes)	Ahasuerus invited by Esther (CHAGALL, Marc)	Esther before Ahasuerus (CRABBE van Espleghem, Frans)



(39 Pictures)   Related Topics:  The Fall of Haman  |   Related Names:  Esther ;  Haman ;  Ahasuerus  |   Related Chapter:  Esther 5