Esther (Greek)
Deuterocanon · 5 sections · scripture: World English Bible
With the Song of Songs (save perhaps one flicker at 8:6), the Hebrew Esther is the only book of scripture in which God is never named. No prayer is recorded, no miracle happens, and deliverance comes, as Mordecai says, from another place. The Greek Esther is the same story with God put back in.
From the commentary's introduction to Esther (Greek), written by an AI. All the scripture below is free to read; the commentary on each section is in the full edition.
- Two Great Serpents": Mordecai's Dream, and the Queen Chosen Esther (Greek) 1–2
- A Certain Ill-Disposed People": Haman's Decree Esther (Greek) 3
- I Will Not Worship Anyone Except You": The Fast, and Two Prayers Esther (Greek) 4
- God Changed the Spirit of the King": Esther Before the Throne, and the Fall of Haman Esther (Greek) 5–7
- These Things Have Come from God": The Second Decree, Purim, and the Dream Explained Esther (Greek) 8–10