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Esther made queen; the Jews delivered

Esther, raised for such a time as this, exposed Haman's plot, and the Jews' sorrow turned to the joy of Purim (Esther 4:14, 9:20-22).

📖 Esther 2:1

1Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

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