1986
Queen Esther
May 1986


“Queen Esther,” Friend, May 1986, 26

Queen Esther

Crossword puzzle

Across

  1. Enemy of Esther (Esth. 7:6)

  2. Twelfth month of Jewish calendar (Esth. 9:1)

  3. “And the king loved Esther above all the women, and ________ obtained grace and favour in his sight” (Esth. 2:17

  4. Esther’s king (Esth. 2:16)

  5. Esther asked the Jews to gather and to neither _________ nor drink for three days (Esth. 4:16)

  6. Queen who refused the king’s commandment (Esth. 1:12)

  7. Royal chair (Esth. 1:2)

Down

  1. Esther’s Jewish name (Esth. 2:7)

  2. Jew who raised Esther as his own daughter (Esth. 2:7)

  3. Name of palace where the king reigned (Esth. 1:2)

  4. Esther said, “I go in unto the king, which is not according to the _________: and if I perish, I perish.” (Esth. 4:16)

  5. Haman “had _________ Pur, that is, the lot,” to have the Jews destroyed (Esth. 9:24)

Answers:

  • Across—(1) Haman, (4)Adar, (5) she, (7) Ahasuerus, (9) eat, (10) Vashti, (11) throne. Down—(1) Hadassah, (2) Mordecai, (3) Shushan, (6) law, (8) cast.