Father of Esther Quotes in One Night with the King (2006)

Father of Esther: [in Esther's memories] Happy birthday, Hadassah!

Young Esther: [looking at her gift] A stone ball?

Father of Esther: [laughing] Remember it is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the honor of kings to seek it out.

Mother Of Esther: [as Hadassah open the stone ball and sees the necklace] It's from the promise land. Your great grandmother brought it with her.

Father of Esther: And like you, it's true treasure is etched with in.

[holding the necklace to the candle as the stars appear]

Father of Esther: [first lines - narration] From whence comes the purpose of a person's life? Coming by chance? A casting of the lot? Or does a call of destiny beckon to each of us? Many have wondered about my little Hadassah, and why a simple Jewish orphan was chosen to stand against the annihilation of her people. And yet the mystery of the girl most know as Esther, begins not where one might think, but 500 years earlier, with a single act of disobedience.

Father of Esther: King Saul of the Israelites had been sent by the prophet Samuel to wipe out an ancient child-sacrificing enemy. So pervasive was their evil that not even their oxen or their sheep were to be spared. And above all, no survivors left breathing.