An orphan girl became queen of the greatest empire of her day, and kept one secret. Then a single ring changed hands.
Episode 3 of First Light Bible Stories. New every Sunday at 8 PM ET. Bible Study on Esther, Part 1: Wednesday (Nov 11) at 8 PM ET. Next Sunday (Nov 15): Esther, Part 2.

Esther 1–3, read word for word from the World English Bible, with painted animation and a calm narrator. A king's half-year feast, a queen who refused him, a Jewish orphan named Hadassah taken into the palace, a plot at the king's door, and the lot Haman cast against her people. God is never named in the book of Esther. Where do you see Him?

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💬 Tell us in the comments where you think God is in this story.

CHAPTERS
0:00 An orphan, a crown, a ring
0:21 The king of 127 provinces
0:38 One hundred eighty days
1:01 The garden feast
1:53 Queen Vashti refuses
2:40 "What shall we do?"
3:45 A law that cannot be altered
4:32 Seek a new queen
5:15 Mordecai and Hadassah
5:51 Taken into the king's house
6:29 She did not tell
6:47 A year of preparation
7:36 The royal crown
8:34 The plot at the king's gate
9:25 Haman is raised
9:51 "Why do you disobey?"
10:12 Haman was full of wrath
10:38 The lot is cast
10:55 "A certain people"
11:26 The king's ring
11:46 Where is God in this story?

SCRIPTURE
Scripture: World English Bible (WEB), public domain (ebible.org, engwebp edition). Esther 1:1–3:11, from the Hebrew text, which the WEB follows (the longer Greek version with added prayers is found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles).

ABOUT THIS VIDEO
Animated with AI image and video tools; narration and character voices are AI-generated. Scripture: World English Bible (public domain). Music and sound effects are original, made for this channel.

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