1 Ahasuerus makes royal feasts.
10 Vashti, sent for, refuses to come.
13 Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, and makes the decree of men's sovereignty.
1 Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen.
5 Mordecai the nursing father of Esther.
8 Esther preferred before the rest.
12 The manner of purification, and going in to the king.
15 Esther best pleasing the king, is made queen.
21 Mordecai discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles.
1 Haman, advanced by the king, and despised by Mordecai, seeks revenge upon all the Jews.
7 He casts lots.
8 He obtains by calumniation a decree of the king to put the Jews to death.
1 The great mourning of Mordecai and the Jews.
4 Esther, understanding it, sends to Mordecai, who shews the cause, and advises her to undertake the suit.
10 She excusing herself, is threatened by Mordecai.
15 She appointing a fast, undertakes the suit.
1 Esther, adventuring on the king's favour, obtains the grace of the golden sceptre, and invites the king and Haman to a banquet.
6 She, being encouraged by the king in her suit, invites them to another banquet the next day.
9 Haman, proud of his advancement, repines at the contempt of Mordecai.
14 By the counsel of Zeresh he prepares for him a gallows.
1 Ahasuerus, reading in the chronicles of the good service done by Mordecai, takes care for his reward.
4 Haman, coming to sue that Mordecai might be hanged, gives counsel that he might do him honour.
12 Complaining of this, his friends tell him of his final destiny.
1 Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, makes suit for her own life, and her people's.
5 She accuses Haman.
7 The king in his anger, understanding of the gallows which Haman had made for Mordecai, causes him to be hanged thereon.
1 Mordecai is advanced.
3 Esther makes suit to reverse Haman's letters.
7 Ahasuerus grants to the Jews to defend themselves.
15 Mordecai's honour, and the Jews' joy.
1 The Jews slay their enemies, with the ten sons of Haman.
12 Ahasuerus, at the request of Esther, grants another day of slaughter, and Haman's sons to be hanged.
20 The two days of Purim are made festival.
1 Ahasuerus' greatness.
3 Mordecai's advancement.
