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Why is the title of this book Mordecai and not Esther? Butler answers this question and delves into the life of Mordecai in the following chapters: • Carousing in the Palace • Choosing a New Queen • Conspiracy Against the King • Campaign Against the Jews • Counsel for the Queen • Coming to the King • Contempt Fifty Cubits High • Compensation for Loyal Deed • Condemning the...
THE FIRST CHAPTER of Esther is introductory and sets the stage for Mordecai’s great work of delivering the Jews from a bloody massacre planned by a high Persian official. This chapter tells of the carousing which occurred in the royal Persian palace in Shushan which resulted in the dethronement of the Persian queen. This dethronement opened the door for Esther, Mordecai’s cousin, to become queen; and that provided the circumstances for Mordecai’s great work of saving
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