About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

1/17/2024

Esther 2:1-23 The King Decrees Young Maidens be Brought to Him to Choose a New Queen

 

The King Decrees Young Maidens be Brought to Him to Choose a New Queen

Esther 2:1-23           The Book of Esther [in Smaller Chunks]

After these things, when the [anger had subsided] of king Ahasuerus, [a.k.a. Xerxes,] he remembered what [queen] Vashtil had done & what was decreed against her.

[Esther 1:11-12 To bring queen Vashti before the king with the royal crown, to [show] the people & the princes her beauty: for she was [pleasant to look at.] But queen Vashti refused to come at the king's [command] by his chamberlains, [a.k.a. eunuchs:] therefore, the king was very [angry] & his anger burned [within] him.

Then, the king's servants [who] ministered to him said, Let [attractive,] young virgins, [a.k.a. maidens] be sought for the king. And let the king appoint officers in all his [kingdom's] provinces, [to] gather together all the fair young [maidens] to the palace [in] Shushan. 

[They will go] to the house of the women & [be in] the custody of Hege, [a.k.a. Hegai,] the king's chamberlain [a.k.a. eunuch,] keeper of the women. And let their things for purification be given [to] them. And let the maiden [who] pleases the king, be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king & he did so.

Now, there was a certain Jew [near] the palace in Shushan, whose name was Mordecia, the son of Jair. [Jair was] the son of Shimei.

[Shimei was] the son of Kish, a Benjamite, who had been carried away [captive] from Jerusalem with Jeconiah, [Judah's] king, whom Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, had carried away.

And [Mordecai continued to raise] Hadassah, [which] is Esther, his uncle's daughter. For she had neither father nor mother & the maid was [pleasant] & beautiful; whom Mordecai took for his own daughter, when her father & mother were dead. 

So, it [happened,] when the king's [command] & his decree was heard & when many maidens were gathered together to the palace [in] Shushan, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was also brought to the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of women. 

And the maiden pleased [Hegai] & [Esther] obtained kindness [from] him. And he speedily gave her things for purification, [that] belonged to her & 7 maidens, [from] of the king's house, [which were appropriate] to be given [to] her.

And [Hegai] preferred [Esther] & her maids, [& they were in] the best place of the house of women. Esther hadn't [revealed] her people, nor her [family:] for Mordecai had [ordered] that she shouldn't [reveal] it. 

And Mordecai walked everyday, [in front of] the [courtyard] of the women's house, to know how Esther did & what [would] become of her. Now, when every maid's turn [had] come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after she had been [purified] for 12 months, according to the [customs] of the women,

(For the the days of their purification were accomplished with 6 months [using] oil of myrrh & 6 months with sweet [fragrences] & other things for the purifying of the women.)

Then, every maiden came to the king [like this & whatever] she desired was given [to] her to go with her [from] the house of the women & into the king's house. She went in the evening.

And the [next day,] she return into the 2nd house for the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, [who] kept the [mistresses] & she [didn’t come] in to the king [anymore, unless] the king delighted in her & she [was] called by name. 

Now, when [it was] the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail, [who was] the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, [had] come & she was to go in to the king, she [didn't request anything,] but what Hegai, the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, [had advised.] 

And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all [those who] looked upon her. So, Esther was taken into the royal house of king Ahasuerus in the 10th month, which is the month, Tebeth, in the 7th year [Ahasuerus ruled.] 

And the king loved Esther above all the women & she obtained grace & favor in his sight, more than all the [maidens;] so he [put] the royal crown upon her head & made her queen instead of Vashti. 

Then, the king made a [large] feast [for] all his princes & his servants, even Esther's feast. And he made a release to the provinces & gave gifts, according to the [generosity] of the king.

And when the [maidens] were gathered together the 2nd time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. Esther hadn't [revealed] her [family,] nor her people yet, [since] Mordecai had [ordered] her. For Esther [followed] the [command] of Mordecai, like when she was brought up [by] him. 

[During] those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, 2 of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan & Teresh, [who were door keepers,] were [angry] & sought to [seize] king Ahasuerus. And [this] thing was known to Mordecai, who told it to queen Esther. 

And Esther [notified] the king [on Mordecai's behalf.] And when [inquiry] was made [about] the matter, it was found [to be true] & they were both [hung] on a tree & it was written in the Book of the Chronicles, [in front of] the king.