| Esther 6 | |
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_(14784636052).jpg) Haman brings Mordecai, riding upon the king's horse, thorugh the street of the city. "The Bible panorama/The Holy Scriptures in picture and story" (1891). | |
| Book | Book of Esther |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 17 |
Esther 6 is the sixth chapter of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible,[1] The author of the book is unknown and modern scholars have established that the final stage of the Hebrew text would have been formed by the second century BCE.[2] Chapters 3 to 8 contain the nine scenes that form the complication in the book.[3] This chapter relates how a sleepless Ahasuerus had his court annals read aloud and discovered that he had failed to reward Mordecai for passing on the information about the assassination plot.[4] The episode leads to 'a marvellously ironic scene' (6:4–11), as the narrative 'moves inexorably to its ultimate reversal', starting with Haman leading a king's horse carrying Mordecai, clothed in royal garb through the streets of Susa, and proclaiming the king's favor for Mordecai.[4] Haman went home exhibiting mourning behavior and his wife predicted that Haman's intent to destroy Mordecai would end up with the opposite result.[4]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 238.
- ^ Meyers 2007, p. 324.
- ^ Clines 1988, pp. 387–388.
- ^ a b c Meyers 2007, p. 328.