Nehemiah to Esther
Link between Nehemiah and Esther.
Feast
30I cleansed them from all the peoples and appointed them over their duties, both the priests and the Levites, each in his work,
31and for the gift offerings and the holy things in their appointed times, and for their feasts and for the firstfruits. Nehemiah 13:30-31Remember me my god for good. Nehemiah 13:31 (Nehemiah 13:30-31 BRB)
3in the 3rd year of his kingdom, he made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, the mighty men of Persia and Media, the nobles of the king and the rulers of the provinces being before him. (Esther 1:3 BRB)
Foreign Alliances
26Solomon king of Israel sinned by these things, yet among many peoples there was no king like him who was beloved by his god, and god made him king over all Israel, also, even him, foreign women caused to sin. (Nehemiah 13:26 BRB)
17The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained favor from before him from all the virgins, and she received the crown of the kingdom on her head, and she became queen in the place of Vashti. A Matthew 19:9 A Revelation 18:23 Esther 2:17-18 (Esther 2:17 BRB)