the book of esther

according Adar Additions Agagite Amestris apocryphal Aramaic Artaxerxes Babylonian banquet Bible for Schools Bigthan Book of Esther Cambridge Bible Canon CHAP character chronicles commentary connexion court crown royal Ctesias Darius decree deliverance destroy edict enemy English Epistles Esther the queen eunuchs Ezra father favour feast of Purim festival gallows given Greek Haman Hammedatha hast hath Hebrew Hegai Herod Herodotus honour Israel Jewish Jews king Ahasuerus king and Haman king's commandment king's gate king's house kingdom language letters Lord Macc maidens Mardocheus marg means Memucan month Adar Mordecai narrative nation Old Testament original Persian Persian Empire Prayer princes Ptolemy Purim reference reign rendered satraps shew Shushan Shushan the palace story Susa Targum thee things thirteenth day thou translated unto Esther unto the king Vashti viii volume word written Xerxes Zeresh