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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ October 18

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

Nehemiah served as cup bearer to King Artaxerxes, probable son of Queen Esther. History tells us Xerxes’ son, Artaxerxes, became king after Xerxes died.

Nehemiah 1:1-3  –  Nehemiah 2:1-10  –  Esther 1-2 – Timeline of 2 days ago

Fact of the Day 

6 Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.

7 I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah? 8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the royal forest, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?” And because the gracious hand of my God was on me, the king granted my requests. 9 So I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.

They were in the palace at Susa (remember from yesterday’s post?) in Persia (today’s Iran near today’s Iraq).  Notice, the queen is sitting next to the king when the king granted everything Nehemiah needed to re-build the walls and gates of  Jerusalem that had been left in rubble 70 years earlier by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.    

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ October 17

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

A former slave in the Bible saved the Jews from extermination

Esther 9:1-32 – Esther chap. 1

Fact of the Day 

Jewish Esther arrived in Babylon as a little slave girl. A while later, Xerxes, king of Persia conquered Babylon, Egypt and many other smaller kingdoms.  When he marched to conquer Greece, he had such a temper that, when a storm stopped his advance he ordered the sea beaten with 300 lashes.

Later, he made this little slave girl his bride.  But she did not tell him she was a Jew,  So, when Esther asked King Xerxes to spare her people from extinction, she was taking a big chance.  She had to admit she was a former Jewish slave. With all that against her, Xerxes honored her wish and saved the Jews.

To this day, every March, Jews keep a festival to remember how a former slave turned queen in the Bible, saved the Jews from extermination around 450 BC. 

Oh, and the remains of her magnificent palace in Susa still reign in Iran.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Darius_in_Susa

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ October 16

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

Daniel was still alive when Esther married Xerxes (Ahaseurus), emperor of the Persian Empire, and her grandson was King DARIUS, son of Xerxes (Ahaseurus) as mentioned in Daniel 9.

Esther 1:1-2  –  Daniel 1:1f  –  Daniel 5:31  –  II Kings 24  –  II Chronicles 36

Fact of the Day 

No! It seems like a strong possibility since Esther and Daniel were both in Persia.  So,when Ezra wrote an account of these events, he was meticulous with his dates.

  • DANIEL b. c. 610 BC into Jerusalem’s royal family.
  • To Babylon with the rest of the royal family 594 when he may have been age 16?
  • King XyaXARES of Media was Darius the Mede’s grandfather.
  • KING DARIUS I (THE MEDE), reigned 522-486 using the Law of the Medes and Persians. 
  • In 520 when Daniel had the vision, he was c. 90 years old.
  • Esther’s Artaxerxes was much later.
  • KING XERXES I reigned 486-who m. ESTHER d. 464
  • King Artaxerxes I:  reigned 464-423 (her son?)
  • His grandson was Darius II, who reigned 424–404 BC

DANIEL WOULD HAVE BEEN 186 YEARS OLD IN DARIUS II’s 1ST YEAR.

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