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Esther 6:2, Who Had Mordecai Told of Who Had the Robe and the Horse for Mordecai? Sought to Lay Hands on the King? A 2019 – 2020 Bible Bowl Esther Chapters 6 – 10 October 2019 CHAPTER SIX 1. According to Esther chapter 6:1, what did the king command after 11. According to Esther chapter 6:9, who did Haman say should Esther’s banquet when he could not sleep? array and parade through the city square the one whom the king A. Bring Esther into his presence delighted to honor? B. Bring the book of the records of the king’s decrees A. Gatekeeper B. Esther C. Bring the book of the records of the chronicles C. Noble prince D. Mordecai D. Bring Mordecai before him 12. According to Esther chapter 6:10, who did the king tell to take 2. According to Esther 6:2, who had Mordecai told of who had the robe and the horse for Mordecai? sought to lay hands on the king? A. Teresh B. Bigthana A. Zoreb and Hannaniah B. Bigthana and Teresh C. Hathach D. Haman C. Nadab and Abihu D. Ziklag and Timon 13. According to Esther chapter 6:11, what did Haman proclaim as 3. According to Esther 6:2, what was the job of Bigthana and Teresh? he led Mordecai through the city square? A. Palace guards B. Cupbearers A. Thus shall it be done to the man who saved the king! C. Couriers of the king D. Doorkeepers B. Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor! 4. According to Esther chapter 6:3, when the king found out that C. Give honor to the man who protects the king! Mordecai was the person who told them of the eunuchs’ plans D. Bow and pay homage to this man, a hero to the king! against him, what did he ask? A. What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this? 14. In Esther chapter 6:12, what did Haman do after parading B. Where is Haman? Mordecai through the city square? C. Who is this Mordecai? A. Hurried to his house D. What reward has been given to Mordecai? B. Returned to the king’s court C. Attended a banquet held by the king 5. According to Esther chapter 6:4, who had entered the outer court D. Went back to the king’s gate when the king was asking about what had been done for Mordecai? A. Zeresh B. Esther 15. According to Esther chapter 6:12, where did Mordecai return C. Haman D. Mordecai after being paraded around in the city square? A. The synagogue B. The gallows built by Haman 6. According to Esther chapter 6:4, why had Haman entered the C. The king’s gate D. The king’s court outer court when the king was asking what had been done for Mordecai? 16. In Esther chapter 6:13, who told Haman that he would not A. To ask that Mordecai be promoted prevail against Mordecai if he was of Jewish descent? B. To request a special audience for he and Zeresh, his wife A. Zeresh and Haman’s wise men C. To ask for the services of Hathach B. Zeresh and Haman’s sons D. To request that Mordecai be hanged from the gallows he had C. The king’s eunuchs built D. Hathach 7. According to Esther chapter 6:5, when the king was told that 17. According to Esther chapter 6:14, while Haman was still talking Haman was standing in the court, what did the king tell his servants with his wise men and wife, where did the king’s eunuchs come and to let him do? take him? A. Go home B. Come in A. The king’s gate to meet with Mordecai C. Prepare a banquet D. Honor him B. The gallows he had built C. The banquet which Esther had prepared 8. In Esther chapter 6:6, the king asked Haman what should be done D. The king’s court for the man whom the king delights to . A. Repay B. Please CHAPTER SEVEN C. Honor D. Help 1. According to Esther 7:2, who asked Esther again on the second day of the banquet what her petition was? 9. According to Esther chapter 6:6, who did Haman assume that the A. Haman B. Mordecai king wanted to honor? C. Queen Vashti D. King Ahasuerus A. Mordecai B. Himself C. Esther D. Hathach 2. According to Esther 7:2, what limit did the king set on how much he would grant of Esther’s request? 10. According Esther chapter 6:8, which of the following did Haman A. Up to half the kingdom B. Up to half his servants NOT recommend for the one whom the king delighted to honor? C. Up to half the treasury D. Up to half the harvest A. A royal robe B. A horse C. A royal crest D. A royal banquet 1 2019 – 2020 Bible Bowl Esther Chapters 6 – 10 October 2019 3. According to Esther 7:3, at the banquet, what did Esther ask the 13. According to Esther 7:10, the king’s wrath, which arose during king to give her? Esther’s banquet, subsided after what happened? A. Haman’s life and his house B. Her life and her people A. After Haman was hanged C. A province for the Jews D. A citadel for Mordecai B. After Esther cried at his feet C. After Mordecai was hanged 4. According to Esther 7:4, Esther informed the king that she and her D. After he gave Esther the house of Haman people had been sold to be what? A. To be exiled B. To be soldiers CHAPTER EIGHT C. To be killed D. To be slaves 1. According to Esther 8:1, to whom did King Ahasuerus give Haman’s house? 5. According to Esther 7:5, after Esther told the king that her people A. Vashti B. Zeresh had been sold, what was his next question? C. Esther D. Mordecai A. What is your request? B. Who are your people? 2. According to Esther 8:2, what valuable item did the king give to C. Who would do such a thing? Mordecai, which he had earlier given to Haman and since taken D. How will I compensate for this loss? back? A. His golden scepter B. His favorite horse 6. According to Esther 7:6, Esther informed the king that the C. His signet ring D. His royal robe adversary who wanted her people to be annihilated was what wicked man? 3. According to Esther 8:3, Esther implored the king with tears to A. Haman B. Hegai counteract what evil scheme? C. Teresh D. Bigthan A. The Persian princes’ scheme against the noble ladies B. Haman’s scheme against the Jews 7. According to Esther 7:6, when Esther identified Haman as the C. Memucan’s scheme against Vashti enemy, what did he do? D. Zeresh’s scheme against Mordecai A. Hanged himself B. Became terrified C. Assaulted Esther D. Ran out of the palace 4. Esther 8:3 and several other verses in the book remind us that Haman belonged to what group of descendants? 8. According to Esther 7:7, the king arose in his wrath, left the A. The Agagites B. The Edomites banquet, and went where? C. The Moabites D. The Ammonites A. Into the palace garden B. Into his bedchamber C. Into his throne room D. To Haman’s house 5. According to Esther 8:4, when Esther fell at the king’s feet and implored him with tears, what did he hold out toward her? 9. According to Esther 7:7, what did Haman do while the king was A. His signet ring B. Haman’s letters away from the banquet? C. His hand D. The golden scepter A. Hanged himself B. Fled to his house 6. According to Esther 8:5, what did Esther ask the king to do with C. Revoked his decree to kill the Jews Haman’s letters? D. Pled for his life before Queen Esther A. Burn them B. Copy them C. Revoke them D. Approve them 10. According to Esther 7:8, when the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet, where was Haman? 7. According to Esther 8:7, King Ahasuerus said Haman was hanged A. Hiding under a table B. Hanging from the gallows on the gallows because he tried to lay his hand on whom? C. Before Queen Esther D. Across Esther’s couch/bed A. The king B. The Jews C. The queen D. Mordecai 11. According to Esther 7:9, which one of the eunuchs pointed out to the king the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai? 8. According to Esther 8:7-8, after Haman’s death, whom did King A. Carcas B. Zethar Ahasuerus tell to write a new decree in the king’s name concerning C. Harbonah D. Mehuman the Jews? A. Only Esther B. Only Mordecai 12. According to Esther 7:9, who gave the order for Haman to be C. Both Esther and Mordecai D. The king’s scribes hanged? A. The king B. The queen 9. According to Esther 8:9, the king’s scribes were called during the C. The chief eunuch D. The prince of Persia month of Sivan to write down the new decree according to whose command? A. All that Esther commanded B. All that Mordecai commanded C. All that Harbonah commanded D. All that Hammedatha commanded 2 2019 – 2020 Bible Bowl Esther Chapters 6 – 10 October 2019 10. According to Esther 8:9, the 127 provinces of Ahasuerus’ 3.
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