What is Queen Esther?
{{no sources|date=December 2022}} [[File:Esther haram.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Queen Esther (painting)|Queen Esther]]'' by [[Edwin Long]]]] '''Queen Esther''' whose name was originally Hadassah is a [[woman]] from the [[Book of Esther]]. She was the [[cousin]] and [[ward]] of [[Mordecai]] and was married to [[Ahaseurus]]. [[Haman]] didn't like that [[Mordecai]] didn't [[Proskynesis|bow before him]]. This makes Haman plan to kill all the [[Jews]] in Persia. Esther stops the plan by telling Ahaseurus about Haman's plan, which gets Haman executed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Esther 7:2|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Esther.7.2|access-date=2024-09-18|website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Old Testament people]]