The Peasant Princess

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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# 246 - The Peasant Princess - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Dragged from obscurity into Persia’s palace, an orphan named Esther is swept into a beauty selection that feels more like exile than honor—yet quiet courage and hidden providence begin to move behind the curtains. In Esther 2, witness how favor, fidelity, and a remembered name (“Hadassah”) set the stage for a peasant princess to become a queen.Episode 246 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by 1 Corinthians 1:27, “But God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:49) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:39) The Peasant Princess(28:49) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the Chosen People
0:02.0	In the heart of the world's greatest empire, power was not whispered.
0:09.0	It was shouted from palace rooftops and poured into ornate goblets.
0:15.0	And King Xerxes was not a man of half-measures.
0:20.0	Have you seen such a kingdom? Xerxes was not a man of half-measures.
0:24.2	Have you seen such a kingdom?
0:27.3	Such splendor.
0:31.1	Such a king.
0:35.0	No, no, not a king.
0:38.7	A god. A god.
0:43.8	Bring me Queen Bashidi.
0:46.6	Tell her to wear her royal crown.
0:51.4	Let my guests behold the jewel of Persia.
0:59.0	My husband asks that I parade the symbol of my status before the court. Tell the king no.
1:01.0	Heyman leaned over to Mamukhan in the chaos and whispered in his ear so only Mamukin could hear.
1:08.0	Remind him who rules his house, or soon none will.
1:15.6	A decree must be made, one that ensures this defiance is never repeated. Let Vashti be
1:23.6	vanished, or banished, that is to say. Let her name be struck from the annos of history.
1:31.2	So it shall be.
1:34.0	Queen Vashti shall be banished.
1:36.2	And somewhere, far from marble halls and golden thrones, an orphan girl would soon step into a story no one could imagine.
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