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   ocr: the Jews' behalf. By the : accident of her beauty and the accident" of the former queen's dismissal, sther had risen from obscurity to become queen of the Persian Empire. She alone. of all the Jews, had access to the king. Yet in those days, a queen did not easily stand up to her nusband- especially a nusband like xerxes, who had already summarily dismissed one queen for insuboraination. By intervening for the sake of her race, Esther might be outting her own life in jeoparay This portion of the book spells out Esther's dilemma, and tells the decision she finally reached. The rest of the book ...