Esther 2:1-4 Search of Ahasuerus
- Retrospection (Esther 2:1)
   Return - after these things
   Rage - the wrath
   Restraint - was appeased
   Remembrance - he remembered Vashti
   Reaction - what she had done
   Rashness - what was decreed against her
- Recommendation (Esther 2:2)
- Routine (Esther 2:3)
- Replacement (Esther 2:4)

Esther 2:5-18 Selection of Esther
- Parentage (Esther 2:5-7,10-11)
   Ancestry of Mordecai (Esther 2:5)
   Arrival in Shushan (Esther 2:6)
   Adoption of Hadassah (Esther 2:7)
   Advice to Esther (Esther 2:10)
   Anticipation of Mordecai (Esther 2:11)
- Process (Esther 2:8-9,12-14)
   Purification of the Maidens
    Custody (Esther 2:8)
    Charity (Esther 2:9)
   Presentation to the Monarch
    Requirement (Esther 2:12)
    Rendezvous (Esther 2:13)
    Return (Esther 2:14)
- Promotion (Esther 2:15-20)
   Her Beauty (Esther 2:15)
   Her Betrothal (Esther 2:16)
   Her Bestowal  (Esther 2:17)
   Her Banquet (Esther 2:18)

Esther 2:19-23 Service of Mordecai
- Commission of Mordecai (Esther 2:19)
- Charge to Esther (Esther 2:20)
- Conspiracy of the Chamberlains (Esther 2:21)
- Cognizance of the Plot (Esther 2:22a)
- Certification of Mordecai (Esther 2:22b)
- Crucifixion of the Criminals (Esther 2:23a)
- Chronicle of the King (Esther 2:23b)