Esther 10
Esther 10 presents pivotal events and lessons, emphasizing themes like faith, obedience, and God’s faithful guidance.
Summary
Esther 10 continues the story of Esther, revealing key themes of faith, obedience, and God’s promise-keeping. This chapter illustrates the human response to divine commands, showing both trust and failure, and demonstrates God’s mercy and justice. As part of the larger narrative, it lays groundwork for understanding God’s covenant relationship with His people and points forward to the hope of redemption. Readers are encouraged to reflect on their own lives, to trust in God’s plans, and to live in faithful obedience, finding hope in His unchanging character.
Authorship unknown (4th century BC). Set during the Persian period, telling Esther’s story.
Esther 10: KJV Commentary and Summary
1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea.
2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3 For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Faith, Obedience, God’s Promises, Judgment, Mercy, Hope
Esther 10:1 – Highlights key themes of faith and God’s interaction with His people.; Esther 10:2 – Highlights key themes of faith and God’s interaction with His people.; Esther 10:3 – Highlights key themes of faith and God’s interaction with His people.