Ahasuerus of Persia and Media makes royal feasts—Vashti disobeys the king and is deposed as queen.

Ahasuerus seeks a new queen—Mordecai presents Esther—Esther pleases the king and is chosen as queen—Mordecai exposes a plot against the king.

Mordecai, the Jew, refuses to do obeisance to Haman—Haman arranges a decree to kill all the Jews in the kingdom.

Mordecai and the Jews mourn and fast because of the king’s decree—Esther, at the peril of her life, goes in unto the king.

The king receives Esther—She invites him and Haman to a banquet—Haman plans to have Mordecai hanged.

Mordecai receives great honors—Haman mourns and is counseled by his wife.

Esther reveals Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews—He is hanged on his own gallows.

Mordecai honored and placed over the house of Haman—Ahasuerus reverses the decree calling for the destruction of the Jews.

The Jews slay their enemies, including Haman’s ten sons—Feast of Purim instituted to commemorate their deliverance and victory.

Mordecai the Jew stands next to Ahasuerus in power and might.