EstherSelect a Chapter1. The Banquets of Xerxes; Queen Vashti Deposed2. Esther Becomes Queen; Mordecai Thwarts a Conspiracy3. Haman Seeks Revenge on the Jews4. Mordecai Informs Esther of Haman's Plot5. Esther Prepares a Banquet; Haman's Rage6. The King Honors Mordecai Haman Compelled to do so7. Esther Accuses Haman; Haman Is Hanged8. Mordecai is advanced; Xerxes allows the Jews to Defend Themselves9. The Jews Slay Their Enemies; Purim Instituted10. Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai