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Who Was Queen Esther?
In short
Esther was a young Jewish woman who became queen of Persia, and who risked her life to save her people from destruction. 'If I perish, I perish,' she said.
Though God is never named in her book, His hidden hand is everywhere, placing her where she was for exactly such a time.
“Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14 · King James Version (public domain)
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