Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Esther .
This is episode #03 chapters 03 and 04.
Esther Chapter #04, Haman was honored by King Xerxes and given a very prestigious position above the other nobles in society. The nobles did honor him out of respect for both Haman and the king. However, Mordecai was obstinate and did not offer any particular feelings of good will towards him.
Esther Chapter 06, Ahasuerus, the King of Persia and the husband of Queen Esther, finds that he cannot sleep. Believing that being read to will help him sleep, he has a book of chronicles brought in and read to him by a servant.
