OC Bereans

Gentlemen,

Here are several questions to aid your preparation for next Monday’s Bible study of the O.T. book of Esther:

1. What is Xerxes signifying by giving Mordecai his signet ring? (8:2)
2. What is different about Esther’s appeal to the king in 8:3?  Why?
3. What is notable about the wording in 8:11 – “to destroy, to kill and to annihilate”?
4. What is significant about the “thirteenth day of the twelfth month”? (8:12)
5. According to 8:15, what has happened to Mordecai?
6. Describe the 4-fold results for the Jews in Susa. (8:16)
7. What additional result occurs in Persia as a whole? (8:17)

Download the chapter 8 handout from the “Media Drop Box” located on the right-side toolbar, under “Bible Study Tools.”

See you at 7 pm!

~ tr