Esther 2 Summary - 5 Minute Bible Study

Four years after the events of Esther 1, following a failed military campaign in Greece, Ahasuerus returned to Susa. In order to find a new queen, many beautiful young women were brought to the king for his selection. He decided on a young Jewish woman named Esther. Esther was an orphan who had been raised by her cousin, Mordecai. At the end of the chapter, Mordecai saves King Ahasuerus by reporting on a violent plot he overheard from the king’s guards.