Esther 9

What is the twelfth month? v.1 ____________________________________

What happened the 13th day of Adar when the enemies of the Jews had

hoped to overpower them? v.1 ____________________________________

Where did the Jews gather to lay hands on those who sought them harm?

v.2 __________________________________________________________

Could anyone withstand the Jews? v.2 ______________________________

What fell on all the people? v.2 ____________________________________

What did all the leaders of the provinces do? v.3 ______________________

Who did the leaders fear? v.3 _____________________________________

Where did Mordecai's fame spread? v.4 _____________________________

What was happening to Mordecai? v.4 ______________________________

What did the Jews do to their enemies? v.5 _________________________

How many did the Jews kill in Shushan? v.6 _________________________

What ten men were killed? v.7-10 _________________________________

What did the Jews not lay a hand on? v.10 __________________________

What news was brought to the king? v.11 ___________________________

Who did the king tell the news? v.12 _______________________________

What did the king again ask of Queen Esther? v.12 ____________________

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If it pleased the king, what was to be granted to the Jews in Shushan? v.13

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What did Esther want done with Haman's ten sons? v.13 ________________

Did the king grant Esther's request? v.14 ____________________________

When did the Jews in Shushan gather again? v.15 _____________________

How many more men were killed at Shushan? v.15 ____________________

Did the Jews take any plunder? v.15 ____________________________

How many of the Jew's enemies were killed in the king's provinces? v.16

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Did the Jews lay a hand on the plunder? v.16 ______________________

What did the Jews in the provinces do on the 14th day? v.17 __________

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What day did the Jews in Shushan rest and make a day of feasting and

rejoicing? v.18 _______________________________________________

When do the Jews of the villages and unwalled towns have a holiday? v.19

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What do they do on this holiday? v.19 _____________________________

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Who sent letters to all the Jews near and far? v.20 ___________________

What was established among them? v.21 ___________________________

What did the Jews have rest from? v.22 ____________________________

What was their sorrow turned to? v.22 _____________________________

What happened to their mourning? v.22 ____________________________

What should the two days be? v.22 ________________________________

Who were they to send presents to? v.22 ___________________________

Who should they give gifts to? v.22 _______________________________

What did the Jews do with what they had begun, and Mordecai wrote them

about? v.23 __________________________________________________

What had Haman cast to determine when to destroy the Jews. v. 24 ______

Who had come before the king? v.25 _______________________________

What did the king command by the letters? v.25 ______________________

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What was the holiday called? v.26 ______________________________

What did the Jews establish upon themselves and their seed? v.27 _____

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How often was this holiday celebrated? v.27 _______________________

Who should remember and keep these days? v.28 ___________________

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Who wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim? v.29

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What kind of words did Mordecai send to all the Jews? v.30 _____________

What did the letter do concerning the holiday they had decreed for

themselves? v.31 ______________________________________________

What did the decree of Esther confirm? v.32 _________________________

Where was the decree written? v.32 _______________________________

 

By Susie Cook