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What should a child notice in Esther 2?
Esther 2 opens with these words: “After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed…” The line to keep is Esther 2:17: “The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on…” Carry the word “king” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Esther 2:17: “The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.” What happens first in Esther 2?
Esther 2:17
“The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.”
Esther 2:3
“Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;”
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Practice Esther 2:17
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thekinglovedmorethanallthewomen,andshefavorandkindnessinhissightmorethanallthevirgins;sothathesetthecrownonherhead,andmadeherqueeninsteadofVashti.