Esther's Chiasm
Esther 1:1-10:3
א The king gives a banquet (1:1-9).
ב The queen rebels (1:10-12).
ג The king issues an edict (1:13-22).
ד The king remembers (2:1).
ג' The king issues an invitation (2:2-4).
ב' The queen submits (2:5-17).
א' The king gives a banquet (2:18).
א Mordecai serves the king and denies his people (2:19-20).
ב The attack on the Jews:
1 The king promotes Haman (3:1-4).
2 Haman seeks to destroy the Jews (3:5-11).
3 The king issues an edict of annihilation (3:12-15).
4 The Jews mourn (4:1-3).
5 Esther fears for herself (4:4-14).
6 Esther requests a three-day fast (4:15-17).
ג The first banquet:
1 The king inquires of Esther's petition (5:1-3).
2 Esther invites him to her banquet (5:4).
3 The king asks again (5:5-6).
4 Esther responds and Haman is pleased (5:7-9)
ד Haman hates Mordecai:
1 Haman sees Mordecai at the king's gate (5:9).
2 Haman goes home in anger (5:10-13).
3 His wife and friends encourage him (5:14).
ה The king remembers (6:1-3).
ד' Haman fears Mordecai:
1 Haman parades Mordecai around the king's gate (6:4-11).
2 Haman goes home in mourning (6:12).
3 His wife and friends reprove him (6:13-14).
ג' The second banquet:
1 The king inquires of Esther's petition (7:1-2).
2 Esther requests him to save her life (7:3-4).
3 The king asks for specifics (7:5).
4 Esther responds, the king is enraged, and Haman is hanged (7:10).
ב' The deliverance of the Jews:
1 The king promotes Mordecai (8:1-2).
2 Esther intercedes to save the Jews (8:3-6).
3 The king issues an edict of reprieve (8:7-14)
4 The Jews rejoice (8:15-17).
5 The Jews defend themselves (9:1-17).
6 Esther decrees a two-day feast (9:17-32).
א' Mordecai serves the king and blesses his people (10:1-3).
After notes by John Harley III.
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