Esther's story, chapter 2

Well, obviously it has been quite some time since I posted.

But here I am again!

And so I will continue the story of Esther.

 

Okay, so after the King decided to put Vashti in a tower, he decided he wanted someone new. So his servants suggested that he get all the virgins (unmarried women) in his kingdom and decide which one he wanted to marry, and the rest could be concubines.

 

There was a certain Jew named Mordecai who had raised his uncle's daughter, Hadassah, who is Esther.

 

Esther was taken with the other women to the king's palace, but Mordecai told her not to tell them that she was a Jew, and even though she was probably an adult, or an older teenager at least, she still obeyed him, the man who raised her.

 

When Esther got to the palace, she gained the favor of the head of the women's house, Hegai. So he gave her more and better things than the other women.

 

For a year the women stated in the palace, preparing to meet the king. After all, most of them were poor farmers daughters, merchants daughters, people like that. None of them really had much time to take care of themselves, not like they should to meet the king.

 

At the end of a year, the women would take turns going to see the king, going at night and returning in the morning. Every one of them was sent to the house of the concubines, and the king would not see them anymore, not unless he particularly fancied her.

 

Until it was Esther's turn.

 

All of the women had been allowed whatever clothing or jewelry they wanted when they went to see the king. Esther deiced to ask Hegai what he thought would be best.

 

So when it was her turn she went in what he had suggested.

 

And the king loved her more than any of the other women, so he married her and she became the queen.

 

She still didn't tell anyone that she was a Jew.

 

Mordecai would come ever day to the gates to see how Esther was doing. One day, while he was at the gates, he overheard a plot against the king.

 

So he told Esther, who looked into the matter and discovered it to be true.

 

So the traitors, Bigthan and Teresh were hung.

 

In the movie, One night with the king they go into much more detail during the time that the King was falling in love with Esther. While the movie is highly inaccurate, I still enjoy that part. I always love a good love story, particularly one that is based in truth.

 

Anyway, I will try to remember to write the next part tomorrow.

 

I do love Esther's story.

 

Cheers!