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The content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, allowing for adaptation and distribution under similar terms, provided copyright and credits are maintained. The narrative begins with King Xerxes of the Persian Empire, detailing a grand banquet where he, intoxicated, commanded his wife, Queen Vashti, to appear. Her refusal led to her banishment and a subsequent search for a new queen. This search led to Esther, a Jewish orphan raised by Mordecai, being brought to the palace. Mordecai instructed Esther to conceal her Jewish heritage. After a year of preparation, Esther captivated the king and was chosen as his queen, surpassing all other candidates. The document also references copyright information from SIL Global, indicating the work was created in 2026 and is available for commercial use, adaptation, and distribution under specified license terms. The biblical passages cited highlight key events in the early part of the Esther narrative.","180 Esther  \nEsther 1-9  \nEnglish Bible  \n180 Esther  \nEnglish United States  \nCopyright © 2026, SIL Global  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nImages by Jim Padgett, © 1984 Sweet Publishing under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. Images adapted by SIL Global. (Some adapted with Gemini AI)  \nStory and Music © 2026 SIL Global under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.  \nKing Xerxes was king of the Persian Empire. Onetime the king gave a banquet for his officials and all the men who lived in the fortified city called Susa. At the banquet, the king and all the men drank wine without limit.  \nEsther 1:1-5, 7  \nOn the last day, King Xerxes was very happy from too much wine. He commanded his servants to bring his wife Queen Vashti to the banquet to show the men her beauty. But the queen refused to come.  \nEsther 1:10-12  \nSo the king was very angry. The king’s advisors said to him,“Send Vashti away, and choose anew queen!” King Xerxes agreed.  \nEsther 1:12, 16, 19, 21  \nSo the king’s officials throughout the empire searched for beautiful young women and brought them to the palace.  \nEsther 2:2-4  \nA Jewish man named Mordecai had a cousin named Esther. Mordecai adopted Esther after her parents’ death. Esther was very beautiful, so she was taken to the palace. 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