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In the book of Esther, we see the Jews facing the greatest peril in their history. If God did not intervene, their very existence as a nation was threatened. But God did providentially intervene and the nation was spared. These is no book in the Bible that more clearly reveals God’s providential care over His children, even when they are self-willed and self-determined, than does the book of...

All of the events of this chapter took place in Shushan (“Shushan” is the Hebrew name for this city while “Susa” is the Greek name), one of the four capital cities of the Medo-Persian empire, the other three being Babylon, Ecbatana, and Persipolis. Shushan was used as the winter capital because of its mild winter temperatures. Many years before the events of the book of Esther, Daniel in the year 551 B.C., visited Shushan in one of his visions, Daniel, chapter 8. Several years after the events of
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