Esther 2:19 to 3:15, 4:13

LESSON X. Mordecai Protects The Kings Life (Esther 2:19-23) This passage speaks of a second gath­ering together of virgins. Now that Esther had been chosen to be queen, the need of assembling more virgins seems unnecessary to say the least. The reason for this second gathering is not stated. There are two possible reasons. The one is that at the time that Esther was chosen to be queen, the king’s offic­ers were busy gathering virgins from the far corners of his kingdom, and these virgins...