People
Mordecai in Esther 3
MOR-deh-kye
This person shows up in Esther 3:2: “All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him.…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Esther 3:2
“All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage.”
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 3:2 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Esther 3:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Alltheking’sservantswhointheking’sgateboweddown,andpaidhomagetoforthehadsocommandedconcerninghim.ButMordecaididn’tbowdownorpayhimhomage.