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Exile & Return - Episode 8: Deliverance and Purim

DESCRIPTION This dramatic retelling follows the turning of fate in the Persian court when Queen Esther reveals a life-or-death secret to King Xerxes. A sleepless king summons his records and learns that Mordecai once saved his life — an honor that had never been repaid. Haman, who had come to ask permission to execute Mordecai, is instead commanded to carry out the king’s own extravagant plan to honor the man the king delights to honor. Haman is forced to robe Mordecai and lead him through the streets proclaiming the king’s favor. Humiliated, Haman returns home in despair; his friends warn that Mordecai’s Jewish identity seals Haman’s ruin. Before Haman can act further, he is drawn to Queen Esther’s second banquet where events move swiftly and decisively. Esther publicly appeals for her life and the lives of her people, revealing that a plot engineered by Haman would annihilate her people. The king’s fury is immediate. Haman’s desperate pleading ends in catastrophe when he is condemned and impaled on the very pole he had prepared for Mordecai. The king gives Haman’s estate to Esther and elevates Mordecai in the court. Because the original decree calling for the destruction of the Jews had been sealed with the king’s signet ring and could not be revoked, Esther and the king authorize a counter-decree. Royal messengers carry a new order allowing the Jews to defend themselves. The story ends with Mordecai clothed in royal garments, joy throughout Susa, and relief for the Jewish people. Highlights: A sleepless king discovers Mordecai’s unrewarded deed and unknowingly sets Haman up for humiliation Esther reveals Haman’s genocidal plot; Haman is condemned and executed on his own gallows A royal counter-decree permits the Jews to defend themselves, leading to celebration throughout the empire KEYWORDS & TAGS Esther, Mordecai, Haman, King Xerxes, Queen Esther, Harbona, Bigthana, Teresh, Susa, Persian palace, palace garden, royal banquet, pole of impalement, signet ring, decree, counter-decree, Jews, eunuchs, impalement, honor parade, humiliation, reversal of fortune, deliverance, betrayal, courage, story of Esther, Book of Esther, Mordecai story, story of Haman, Persian empire, Esther Bible story, Mordecai story, Haman downfall, Xerxes Ahasuerus, ancient Persia, Purim origin, royal intrigue, biblical drama, court conspiracy, historical Bible film