Chapter Outline for Esther
- The Banquets of Xerxes; Queen Vashti Deposed
- Esther Becomes Queen; Mordecai Thwarts a Conspiracy
- Haman Seeks Revenge on the Jews
- Mordecai Informs Esther of Haman's Plot
- Esther Prepares a Banquet; Haman's Rage
- The King Honors Mordecai Haman Compelled to do so
- Esther Accuses Haman; Haman Is Hanged
- Mordecai is advanced; Xerxes allows the Jews to Defend Themselves
- The Jews Slay Their Enemies; Purim Instituted
- Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai