@Margrethe, read the Book of Esther from start to finish.
But to be concise, this is the run down.
Essentially, Esther is brought by her adopted father Mordecai to the palace, keeping mum she is a Jew, charms King Xerxes to put to death Hamon, an anti-Semitic genocidal maniac hiding in his court and she and Mordecai spend their remainder of their lives in the King's Palace. Some say Hamon and his 10 sons' deaths were reason enough to celebrate the Jewish faith, with some converting to Judaism.
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@Margrethe, read the Book of Esther from start to finish.
But to be concise, this is the run down.
Essentially, Esther is brought by her adopted father Mordecai to the palace, keeping mum she is a Jew, charms King Xerxes to put to death Hamon, an anti-Semitic genocidal maniac hiding in his court and she and Mordecai spend their remainder of their lives in the King's Palace. Some say Hamon and his 10 sons' deaths were reason enough to celebrate the Jewish faith, with some converting to Judaism.