Esther.
Esther was the heroine and central figure in the Biblical book of Esther, which is the source of the Jewish festival of Purim. She was crowned about 55 years after the destruction of the First Temple, and fifteen years before the Second Temple was built. The Jews were in the Babylonian exile. A few of them, such as Nehemiah, Mordecai and Daniel, rose to positions of prominence under the Babylonian kings.
The last of the Prophets of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) were still living.
King Cyrus had recently made his famous proclamation (2 Chronicles 36:22-23) allowing the Jews to resettle Judea (Israel), and some had gone up with Zerubavel, but the enemies of the Jews had then slandered them (Ezra ch.4), causing the Babylonian king to put a stop to the rebuilding and resettlement of Judea. This last event was around the same time that Esther became Queen.
When she became orphaned, she was adopted by her cousin Mordecai. Later, when Queen Vashti refused to appear before Ahasuerus (in Esther ch.1), Memuchan, a Persian royal adviser, advised King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) to remove Vashti from being Queen of Persia, and King Ahasuerus agreed to his advice. In Esther Chapter 2, royal eunuchs advised Ahasuerus to look for a new queen. Esther was the best-looking woman, and Ahasuerus picked her to replace Vashti as Queen.
Esther and her cousin Mordecai (who had once saved the king's life) later persuaded the king to cancel an order for the extermination of the Jews in his vast realm, which had been plotted by the king's chief minister, Haman. Instead, Haman was hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai, and the Jews were given permission to destroy their enemies. The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates this event.
According to tradition, the book of Esther was written in the mid-4th century BCE, and was made part of the Hebrew Bible canon which was sealed a couple of decades after.
Esther was queen for about 11 years.
The name of Mordecai is the Judaised pronunciation of Marduka, which is attested in the Persepolis Texts as the name of officials in the Persian court during the period of Xerxes I. One of these officials was the biblical Mordecai. The grave of Mordecai and Esther still stands in Hamadan; and the Jews of Iran, to this day, are referred to as "the children of Esther."
For the name of Esther, a number of etymologies are possible.
1) Esther comes from the Persian "setareh," meaning "star".
2) Esther comes from the Aramaic "istahar," meaning "moon." Beautiful as the moon (Talmud, Megillah 13a).
3) Esther comes from the Semitic root ath-tar, "morning star." There is support for this too in the Talmud (Yoma 29a).
4) Esther comes from the Median "astra," meaning "myrtle." The book of Esther (2:7) states that she had both names, Esther and Myrtle (Hadassah in Hebrew).
That would be Haman in the book of Esther.
Haman wanted to kill Mordecai and had a gallows built for that reason. Haman also wanted to kill all the Jews in the kingdom. But through the intervention of Mordecai and Queen Esther that was prevented. Haman was hanged on his own gallows. See the Book of Esther.
Haman was the 'Jews enemy'
Haman the Agagite
Various individuals throughout history have harmed God's people for personal gain, including corrupt rulers, oppressive leaders, and individuals who have sought to exploit religious communities for their own benefit. These actions are often driven by greed, power-hunger, and a lack of empathy for others.
Hamada is not in the Old Testament. Maybe you mean Haman? Haman is in the book of Esther. He is the prime minister of King Ahasuerus. Haman plans to have a Jew named Mordecai killed but Haman's plan is thwarted and Haman is killed
Haman was the son of Hammedatha the Agagite. He and his wife Zeresh instigate a plot to kill all of the Jews of ancient Persia. Haman attempted to convince Ahasuerus to order the killing of Mordecai and all the Jews of the lands he ruled. The plot was uncovered by Queen Esther, the king's recent wife, who was also a Jew. Haman is hanged from the gallows that had originally been built to hang Mordechai.
The book of Esther. See related link.
Haman. Check out the book of Esther. (:
Was it because the thirteenth day was chosen by Haman (in the book of Esther in the Bible to annihilate all the Jews in the empire? A day chosen by divination.
The king had him hanged, as recorded in the book of Esther. See also:The story of Purim
The Book of Esther makes no mention of what happened to Zeresh.