Outline Of Esther
Chapter One - Queen Vashti Deposed
A. Ahasuerus throws a shindig - (vs. 3-5)
B. Ahasuerus gets tipsy and wants to make a public spectacle of his wife - (vs. 10-12)
C. The Queen is deposed - (vs. 17-21)
Chapter Two - Esther becomes Queen
A. The search for a replacement - (vs. 2-4)
B. Introduction to Esther - (vs. 5-7)
C. Esther is taken - (vs. 8)
D. Esther is instructed to not reveal her Jewishness - (vs. 10)
E. Esther is made Queen - (vs. 16-17)
F. Mordecai foils an assignation - (vs. 21-23)
Chapter Three - Haman plots a massacre
A. Haman the Big Shot - (vs. 1-5)
B. The plot is hatched - (vs. 8-11)
C. The media goes to work - (vs. 13)
Chapter Four - Mordecai pleads for help
A. Mordecai grieves - (vs. 1)
B. Esther is alerted - (vs. 8)
C. The problem of intercession - (vs. 11)
D. Divine placement - (vs. 13-14)
Chapter Five - Esther contrives aid
A. Esther is received - (vs. 1-2)
B. The request is made - (vs. 3-4)
C. Haman's hatred overshadows his joy - (vs. 9-14)
Chapter Six - Mordecai is honored
A. Read when you can't sleep - (vs. 1-3)
B. Haman shoots himself in the foot - (vs. 4-14)
Chapter Seven - Haman is executed
A. The banquet is ready - (vs. 1-2)
B. The request - (vs. 3-4)
C. The inquiry - (vs. 5-7)
D. Haman's doom is sealed - (vs. 8-10)
Chapter Eight - The Jews are avenged
A. The order is reversed - (vs. 4-7)
B. Those who were in complicity get it - (vs. 11)
C. Mordecai gets to be the Big Shot - (vs. 15-17)
Chapter Nine - Purim is instituted
A. Sowing and Reaping - (vs. 1-3)
B. The request is completed - (vs. 13-14)
C. Purim - (vs. 25-28)
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Outline
1. The Feasts of Xerxes (1:1-2:18)
a. Vashti deposed (1)
b. Esther made queen (2:1-18)
2. The Feasts of Esther (2:19-7:10) a. Mordecai Uncovers a Plot (2:19-23)
b. Haman's Plot (3)
c. Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help (4)
d. Esther's Request to the King: The First Banquet (5:1-8)
e. A Sleepless Night (5:9-6:14)
f. Haman Hanged: The Second Banquet (7)
3. The Feasts of Purim (8-10) a. The King's Edict in Behalf of the Jews (8)
b. The Institution of Purim (9)
c. The Promotion of Mordecai (10)
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Also see http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Esther.html
A good brief overview.
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