People
Mordecai in Esther 2
MOR-deh-kye
This person shows up in Esther 2:5: “There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Esther 2:5
“There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,”
What kids can learn
When you hear mordecai in Esther, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Esther 2:5 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Esther 2:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TherewasaJewintheofSusa,whosenamewasMordecai,thesonofthesonofShimei,thesonofKish,aBenjamite,