Esther 2:17

Esther Becomes Queen

¹⁶ So then Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, the same, was the month Tebeth, - in the seventh year of his reign. ¹⁷ And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favour and lovingkindness before him, above all the virgins, - so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen, instead of Vashti. ¹⁸ Then the king made a great banquet, for all his rulers and his servants, the banquet of Esther, - and, a remission, for all the provinces, made he, and gave a present, according to the bounty of a king.

Esther

Vashti

Esther 1:11

to bring in Vashti the queen, with the royal crown, - to show the peoples and the rulers her beauty, for, of pleasing appearance, was she.

1 Samuel 2:8

Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.

Esther 4:14

But, if thou, do indeed hold thy peace, at this time, respite and deliverance, will be appointed for the Jews, from another place, but, thou, and thy father's house, will perish, - and who knoweth whether, for a time such as this, thou hast attained unto the royal estate?

Psalm 75:6-7

For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of thee mountains cometh exaltation ;

Psalm 113:7-8

That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy;

Ezekiel 17:24

So shall all the trees of the field know that I Yahweh Have laid low the high tree Have exalted the low tree, Have dried up the moist tree, And have caused to flourish the tree, that was dry, - I, Yahweh, have spoken, and performed.

Luke 1:48-52

Because he hath looked upon the humbling of his handmaid; for lo! from the present time, all the generations, will pronounce me happy.