Daily Devotional Reading for July 16, 2026

Haman's Plot Against the Jews

Read Esther 3:1-15 then answer the following questions.

  1. Who would not bow or pay reverence to Haman? (3:2)


  2. Who sought to destroy all the Jews in the kingdom of King Ahasuerus? (3:6)


  3. Who gave Haman the authority to destroy the Jews by giving him his ring? (3:10-11)


  4. "The letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all _____…" (3:13)


  5. Who was perplexed at the decrees that were posted commanding the destruction of the Jews? (3:15)