Some Statistics about the Book of Esther
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Some Statistics about the Book of Esther

Writer: Asher IntraterAsher Intrater

127

  • Ahasuerus ruled over 127 nations

  • Also called Xerxes

  • Huge empire from India to Ethiopia

  • From 486 to 465 BC

  • After time of Zerubbabel

  • Before time of Ezra and Nehemia

  • He was not pro-Jewish (Ezra 4:6)


3 – 7 – 12

  • 3rd year – party with Vashti

  • 7th year – Esther made Queen

  • 12th year – Victory over Haman


180 – 7

  • 180 days first party for just noblemen

  • 7 days second party for all common people


2

  • 2 women's houses (Esther 2:14)

  • 1 for virgins before going in to king

  • 1 for same women as concubines after going in to king


1 – 12

  • 1st month the pur-lot was cast

  • 12th month chosen by the pur-lot

  • Showing sovereignty of God by giving a whole year's time


14

  • 14th day of Adar is Purim, full moon

  • 14th day of Nissan is Passover, another full moon a month later


50 – 25

  • Haman wanted to hang Mordecai on a wooden structure 

  • 50 cubits high which is about 25 meters (Esther 5:14)


500-10-300-75,000-127 (Esther 9:12-17)

  • 500 people killed first day in Shushan

  • 10 sons of Haman killed

  • 300 people killed second day in Shushan

  • 75,000 people killed in 127 nations


Shabbat Zachor "Remember"

  • In Jewish tradition, the shabbat before Purim is Zachor

  • Remember the command to destroy Amalek (Deut. 25:19)

  • As Haman is a descendant of Agag (Esther 3)

  • Same name as evil king of Amalek (I Samuel 15)

  • Mordecai was from Benjamin, descendant of Kish

  • Like King Saul, who didn't execute Agag the Amalekite


Many

  • Many people of 127 nations "became Jews" (Esther 8:17)

  • Which gives background for the New Testament

  • For Wise Men from the East (Matt. 2)

  • For those present at Shavuot-Pentecost (Acts 2)


0 

  • 0 times God's name mentioned in the whole scroll

  • Although number of divine interventions is countless

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