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Podcast: The Amazing Bible. Book Club
Episode: Esther - Chapters 3-10
Description: Esther has been queen to King Xerxes of Persia for about five years (2:16 & 3:7). The man Haman has been elevated above all the other nobles by king Xerxes, and people were to bow down to him at the king's request, but Mordecai would not do so, which infuriated Haman. He decided that he did not just want to get Mordecai, but all of Mordecai's people, so he and his men threw lots, which was called Pur, and it was decided the day they would annihilate the Jews would be on the 12th month, Adar. Haman addressed the king and told...