Ester
: second queen of Ahasuerus
Haman
: son of Hammedatha; an Agagite; the Jews 'enemy during the exile
Ahasyweros
: king of Persia after Darius
Bigtan
: a man who was a palace guard for King Ahasuerus
Mordekhai
: a leader among those who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,son of Jair of Benjamin; cousin and guardian of Queen Esther
Teresh
: a gate keeper of the palace of King Ahasuerus
Lida
: a Benjaminite town near the Plain of Sharon 15 km SE of Joppa
Petrus
: a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter