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Esther: Quick Facts

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Aert de Gelder: Esther at Her Toilet
Artemisia Gentileschi: Esther Before Ahasuerus
Esther scroll
Gustave Doré: illustration of Esther and Ahasuerus
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Edward John Poynter: The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon
Queen of Sheba
queen of Sabaʾ
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Artabanus
Achaemenian minister
Demaratus, bronze bust; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Demaratus
king of Sparta
Gustave Doré: The Death of Jezebel
Jezebel
queen of Israel
Carlo Maratta: Bathsheba at the Bath
Bathsheba
biblical figure
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Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
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Saint Joachim
father of Virgin Mary
Sarah offering Hagar to Abraham
Sarah
biblical figure
Painting by Claes Moeyaert showing Jacob meeting Rachel near a well, with figures, goats, and sheep in a pastoral landscape.
Rachel
biblical figure
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Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Doré, Gustave: Deborah's Song of Triumph
Deborah
biblical figure
Samson and Delilah
Delilah
biblical figure
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
The prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
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Hagar
biblical figure
Jacob Returning to Canaan with Rachael and Leah Pursued by Laban
Leah
biblical figure
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
József Molnár: The March of Abraham
Abraham
Hebrew patriarch
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Dinah
biblical figure