11:2-11:12 • Mordecai's Dream
12:1-12:6 • A Plot against the King
1:1-1:22 • King Ahasuerus Deposes Queen Vashti
2:1-2:18 • Esther Becomes Queen
2:19-2:23 • Mordecai Discovers a Plot
3:1-3:13 • Haman Undertakes to Destroy the Jews
13:1-13:7 • The King's Letter
3:14-3:15 • The King's Letter
4:1-4:17 • Esther Agrees to Help the Jews
13:8-13:18 • Mordecai's Prayer
14:1-14:19 • Esther's Prayer
15:1-15:16 • Esther is Received by the King
5:1-5:8 • Esther's Banquet
5:9-5:14 • Human Plans to Have Mordecai Hanged
6:1-6:16 • The King Honours Mordecai
7:1-8:2 • Haman's Downfall and Mordecai's Advancement
8:3-8:12 • Esther Saves the Jews
16:1-16:24 • The Decree of Ahasuerus
8:13-8:17 • The Distribution of the Decree
9:1-9:17 • Destruction of the Enemies of the Jews
9:18-10:3 • The Feast of urim Inaugurated
10:4-10:13 • Mordecai's Dream Fulfilled
11:1 • Postscript