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 SEVEN THE KING ASKS ESTHER OF HER PETITION:V. 1-2 SHE ASKS FOR HER LIFE & THE LIFE HER PEOPLE:V. 3-4 THE KING ASKS WHO PROCLAIMED SUCH A DEED ESTHER LAYS THE BLAME ON HAMAN:V. 5-6 HAMAN BEGS FOR HIS LIFE THE KING ORDERS HAMAN TO BE HANGED: V. 7-10

5. READ:ESTHER 7:1-2 1So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. 2And on the second day, at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, "What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!"

6. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:1-2 1So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. 2And on the second day, at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, "What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!“ WHERE DID HAMAN AND THE KING GO? WHAT DID THE KING ASK ESTHER? WHAT WOULD BE GRANTED TO ESTHER?

7. READ:ESTHER 7:3-4 3Then Queen Esther answered and said, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. 4"For we have been sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king's loss."

8. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:3-4 3Then Queen Esther answered and said, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. HOW DID ESTHER ANSWER THE KING? WHAT DID ESTHER ASK OF THE KING? WHY IS ESTHER PLEADING FOR HER LIFE? DID THE KING KNOW THAT ESTHER WAS A JEW?

9. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:3-4 4"For we have been sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king's loss.“ WHEN WERE THEY SOLD?HOW? WHY WERE THEY TO BE ANIHILATED? WHEN WOULD SHE HAVE HELD HER TONGUE? WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN A LOSS TO THE KING?

10. READ:ESTHER 7:5-6 5So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?" 6And Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!" So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

11. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:5-6 5So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?" WHAT WAS THE KING’S REPLY? WHO IS HE?WHERE IS HE? WHO WOULD DARE TO DO SUCH A THING?

12. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:5-6 6And Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!" So Haman was terrified before the king and queen. WHAT DID ESTHER SAY TO THE KING? WHO WAS THEIR ENEMY AND ADVERSARY? WHAT WAS HAMAN’S RESPONSE?

13. READ:ESTHER 7:7-8 7Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king. 8When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?" As the word left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

14. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:7-8 7Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king. WHAT DID THE KING DO? WHAT DID HAMAN DO? WHY DID HAMAN PLEAD WITH ESTHER? WHAT DID HAMAN SEE?

15. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:7-8 8When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?" As the word left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. WHAT DID THE KING SEE WHEN HE CAME BACK? WHAT DID THE KING SAY TO HAMAN? WHY DID THEY COVER HAMAN’S FACE?

16. READ:ESTHER 7:9-10 9Now Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, "Look! The gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good on the king's behalf, is standing at the house of Haman." Then the king said, "Hang him on it!" 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath subsided.(NKJ)

17. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:9-10 9Now Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, "Look! The gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good on the king's behalf, is standing at the house of Haman." Then the king said, "Hang him on it!" WHAT DID HARBONAH SAY TO THE KING? WHO BUILT THIS GALLOWS?WHY? WHY BUILD THE GALLOWS SO HIGH? WHO WAS IT BUILT FOR? WHAT DID THE KING SAY?

18. QUESTIONS:ESTHER 7:9-10 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath subsided.(NKJ) WHAT DID THEY DO TO HAMAN? WAS THIS JUSTICE? DID THIS PLEASE THE KING? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS LESSON?