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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