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Today’s
Devotion: Thy Will be Done (The Story of Esther)
Description:
There are
five major characters in this book, and I’ll introduce them now to make things
easier to follow.
Xerxes is the 5 th king of the
Persian Empire and he is in the 3rd year of his rein, which began in 486 BC,
after the death of his father, Darius the First.
Vashti is the Queen of
Persia. She is a woman of character and conviction.
Mordecai is a Jewish man, whose
family was exiled when Jerusalem fell. He is a cousin of Esther, and has
been raising her ever since her parents died.
Esther is an orphan girl, who is
being raised by Mordecai. She is a woman of both inner and outer beauty.
Hamon is the villain of the
story. He is dressed in black and wearing a black hat. He is the
second in command of the Persian Empire.
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