Esther 1:1,3,12

Esther 1:1,3,12 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus ... In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. King Ahasuerus put on a great feast and invited all of the important men of the kingdom. During the feast he called for Queen Vashti. He just wanted to show off his gorgeous queen. But she was having a party for all of the women at the same time in her royal house. She didn’t want all of those drunken men staring at her, so she refused the king’s command. Well, that wasn’t the thing to do. The king was furious and decided to remove her from being his queen. But he had to have a queen, so he asked his advisors what to do. They said to have a kingdom-wide beauty contest and find a new queen. And this is where it starts to get interesting. Once again, God was at work looking out for His chosen people, the Jews. And we are going to find out how God was working. This is the story of Esther.