1. PEOPLE TO REMEMBER KING CYRUS -EZRA 1:1(536 BC)? KING DARIUS:EZRA 1-6(538-516 BC)? ESTHER QUEEN OF PERSIA(58 YEARS)(478 BC)? ARTAXERXES:EZRA 7-10(458-457 BC)? ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS:(465-424 BC)? ZERUBBABEL - SHESHBAZZAR - LEVITE GOVERNOR OF JUDAH HAGGAI 1:1(536 BC)? LEVITES WHO CAME WITH ZERUBBABEL NEHEMIAH - PRIESTEZRA 2:2(536 BC)? JEREMIAH - PRIESTNEHEMIAH 12:1(536 BC)? JESHUA - HIGH PRIESTNEHEMIAH 12:1(536 BC)? EZRA - PRIESTNEHEMIAH 12:1(536 BC)?

2. PEOPLE TO REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZAR:KING OF BABYLON (498 BC)? JECONIAH:KING OF JUDAH (498 BC)? AHASUERUS:KING OF PERSIA(483 BC)? VASHTI:AHASUERUS’ EX-WIFE MORDECAI:GREAT-GRANDSON OF KISH - A BENJAMITE (A EUNUCH)? HEGAI:EUNUCH IN CHARGE OF KING’S HAREM ESTHER:FIRST COUSIN OF MORDECAI BIGTHAN & TERESH: KING’S DOORKEEPERS SHAASHGAZ :KEEPER OF THE KING’S CONCUBINES HIGH PRIESTSKINGS OF PERSIASTOCK OF JUDAH SERAIAH CAMBYSESJECONIAH JOZADAKCYRUSSALATHIEL JESHUADARIUSZERUBBABEL JOIAKIMXERXESHANANIAH

3. PEOPLE TO REMEMBER AHASUERUS:KING OF PERSIA 478 BC? VASHTI:AHASUERUS’ FIRST WIFE MORDECAI: (A EUNUCH)? GREAT-GRANDSON OF KISH - A BENJAMITE ESTHER:FIRST COUSIN OF MORDECAI HEGAI:EUNUCH IN CHARGE OF KING’S HAREM BIGTHAN AND TERESH: KING’S DOORKEEPERS (EUNUCHS) HAMAN:THE AGGAGITE - DESCEDENT OF KING AGAG HATHACH:EUNUCH THAT ESTHER SENT TO SEE MORDECAI

4. OUTLINE ESTHER CHAPTER SIX KING WANTS THE CHRONICLES TO BE READ TO HIM RECORD SHOWS WHAT MORDECAI HAD DONE KING ASKS IF HE HAD BEEN REWARDED:V. 1-3 KING ASKS HAMAN HOW TO HONOR THIS MAN:V. 4-9 HAMAN COMMANDED TO HONOR MORDECAI:V. 10-11 HAMAN’S WIFE PREDICTS HAMAN’S DOWNFALL:V. 12-13 HAMAN IS BROUGHT TO ESTHER’S BANQUET:V. 14

5. READ:ESTHER 6:1-3 1That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 2And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 3Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

6. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:1-3 1That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. WHAT IS THE KING UNABLE TO DO? WHAT DOES HE COMMAND SOMEONE TO DO? WHAT BOOK IS READ TO THE KING?

7. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:1-3 2And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE BOOK OF CHRONICLES? REMEMBER BIGTHANA AND TERESH? ESTHER 2:21-23 WHAT HAD THEY PLANNED TO DO?

8. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:1-3 3Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.” WHAT DID THE KING ASK HIS SERVANTS? WHAT DID THE KING’S SERVANTS REPLY?

9. READ:ESTHER 6:4-6 4So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5The king’s servants said to him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.” 6So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”

10. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:4-6 4So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. WHAT DID THE KING ASK HIS SERVANTS? WHO WAS IN THE KING’S COURT? WHAT WAS HAMAN PLANNING TO ASK THE KING?

11. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:4-6 5The king’s servants said to him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.” 6Haman came in, and the king asked him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?” WHAT DID THE KING’S SERVANTS REPLY? WHAT DID THE KING ASK THEM TO DO? WHAT DID THE KING ASK HAMAN? WHAT DID HAMAN THINK IN HIS HEART?

12. READ:ESTHER 6:7-9 7And Haman answered the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, 8“Let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its head. 9“Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’ ”

13. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:7-9 7And Haman answered the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, 8“Let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its head. WHAT DID HAMAN SAY TO THE KING? WHO WAS HAAMAN LOOKING TO HONOR? WHY THE KING’S ROBE AND THE KING’S HORSE?

14. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:7-9 9“Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’ ” WHO WOULD PRESENT THESE TO THAT MAN? WHY PARADE HIM THROUGH THE CITY? WHAT IS HE TO PROCLAIM?

15. READ:ESTHER 6:10-12 10Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the king’s gate! Leave nothing undone of all that you have spoken.” 11So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!” 12Afterward Mordecai went back to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.

16. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:10-12 10Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the king’s gate! Leave nothing undone of all that you have spoken.” WHAT DID THE KING SAY TO HAMAN? WHAT IS HAMAN COMMANDED TO DO? WHY SUCH A HURRY? WHERE WAS MORDECAI AT THIS TIME?

17. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:10-12 11So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!” 12Afterward Mordecai went back to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered. DID HAMAN DO AS THE KING COMMANDED? WHAT DID HAMAN PROCLAIM TO THE PEOPLE? AFTERWARD WHERE DID MORDECAI GO? WHERE DID HAMAN GO? HOW DID HAMAN FEEL?WHY?

18. READ:ESTHER 6:13-14 13When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.” 14While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

19. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:13-14 13When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.” WHAT DID HAMAN TELL HIS WIFE AND FRIENDS? WHAT DID THEY SAY TO HAMAN? WHY WOULD THIS HAPPEN IF MORDECAI IS A JEW?

20. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 6:13-14 14While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared. WHO CAME IN WHILE THEY WERE TALKING? WHAT WAS THEIR HURRY? WHERE WERE THEY TAKING HAMAN?