Mordecai Was Esther’s Uncle

Mordecai Was Esther’s Uncle is a Myth because he was her cousin!

Esther 2:5. Now in the Shushan palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish, a Benjamite, 6. who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. 7. And he brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother and the maid was pleasing and beautiful, whom Mordecai when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

Already have access? Enter your Companion Library password to keep reading.

Password Protected

To view this protected post, enter the password below:

Keep reading in the Companion Library

This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.