Esther

Esther, a Jewish queen in Persia, and her cousin Mordecai expose Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews. Though God’s name is never mentioned, his providence is evident in the origin of Purim.

Author: Unknown
Date: c. 460–350 BC
Theme: Providence preserves the Jewish people in Persia.
Key verses: Esther 4:14; Esther 9:20-22
English Revised Version

Esther 10

1And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. 2And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 3For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren; seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

English Revised Version (1885). Public domain. The 1881/1885 British revision of the King James Version; parent of the ASV.