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36 Cards in this Set
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Who became king of Persia after Darius?
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Ahasuerus
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What was King Ahasuerus Greek name?
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Xerxes
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Who did the king demand come to a party he was having for his nobles?
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Queen Vashti
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What did Queen Vashti do and what happened to her because of it?
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She refused to go to the party and she was banished by Xerxes because she disobeyed
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What did Xerxes's advisors suggest he do to find his next queen?
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The most beautiful unmarried women in his country be brought to Susa to undergo beauty treatments and then he could select the next queen from the harem.
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Who was taken into the King's harem as a possible candidate for queen?
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Esther
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Who did Xerxes choose?
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Esther
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Who was Esther's cousin?
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Mordecai
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Where did Mordecai live?
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Susa
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What did Mordecai overhear at the king's gate?
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A plot to kill (assassinate) King Xerxes.
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What did Mordecai do when he heard about someone wanting to kill the King?
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He told Esther and she to the King and he was saved. She gave credit to Mordecai for getting the message.
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Where was this event about saving the king recorded?
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In the annals of the king (his records)
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Who was the king's noble who was second in command?
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Haman
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How did the king honor Haman?
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Promoted him by giving him a seat higher than all the other nobles
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How was Haman offended?
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Mordecai offended him by refusing to kneel down before him.
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What plan did Haman concoct to get back at Mordecai?
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To have the king order the death of all Jews and take their possessions for the king's treasury.
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Who was Jewish?
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Esther and Mordecai
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Did King Xerxes know that Esther and Mordecai were Jewish?
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NO
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What did Esther have to do to save her people?
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Approach the king uninvited for which she could be put to death
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What was Esther's request to the Jews?
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She asked the Jews in Susa to fast and pray with her for 3 days and then she would go to the king.
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When Esther went to King Xerxes what was her request?
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She invited the king and Haman to a banquet and they came.
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Did Esther ask the king about not killing the Jews at this party?
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NO
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What did the king have read to him when he could not sleep one night?
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The royal history or king's records
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What did he discover when the records were being read to him?
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That a man named Mordecai had saved his life but he had never been rewarded.
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What did Haman suggest should be done for the man who saved the King's life?
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The king should put a royal robe on the person, crown him, put him on a royal horse and have him honored through the streets of the city
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Who was Haman to honor in this way?
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Mordecai
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What had Haman built for Mordecai?
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gallows
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What did King Xerxes order once he learned of Haman's plot against the Jew?
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Haman hanged on his own gallows
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Could the King change the edict against the Jews?
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No
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What did the king do instead of changing the edict?
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Issued an edict that the Jews could assemble and defend themselves
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How did the King honor Esther
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Gave Esther Haman's estate
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How did the King honor Mordecai?
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Made Mordecai 2nd in command and gave him his signet ring.
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What tribe was Esther and Mordecai from?
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Benjamin
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What country was Esther from?
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Persia
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What city did Esther live in?
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Susa
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What was the name of the Jewish celebration of the feast that was celebrated
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Purim
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