Various Authors - Queen Esther Helps Gods People: Formerly titled Esther and the King

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Who knows? Its possible that you
became queen for a time just like this. Esther 4:14 ZONDERVAN Queen Esther Helps Gods People
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pulley, Kelly. Queen Esther helps Gods people / illustrated by Kelly Pulley. p. cm. (I can read! ; Level 1) ISBN 978-0-310-71815-4 (softcover) 1.

Esther, Queen of PersiaJuvenile literature. 2. Bible. O.TBiographyJuvenile literature. 3. Esther. I. Title. Title.

BS580.E8P85 2008 222.909505dc22 2008015562

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Zonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan. Editor: Kristen Tuinstra
Interior direction & design: Jody Langley
Cover direction & design: Sarah Molegraaf Contents Once there was a king who needed a new queen. Let us find you a new queen, said the kings men. Esther and Mordecai were cousins. They lived in the kings land.
They loved God. So Esther got ready. So Esther got ready.

And she went to see the king. The king liked Esther. He said, Will you be my queen? Esther said, Yes. The king had a helper. His name was Haman. Esther and her cousin were Jewish. Esther and her cousin were Jewish.

Haman hated Jewish people. He did not love God. Haman had a plan. He went to the king.
Jewish people are bad. Help me get rid of them. The king did not know Queen Esther was Jewish.

The king was tricked! Gods people were in danger! Mordecai heard about the plan. Mordecai went to tell Esther.
Esther! Save Gods people. Maybe that is why God made you the queen!

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