The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is an animated film series produced by Hanna-Barbera that tells of three young adventurers who travel back in time to biblical events, released between 1985 and 1992. Music by Hoyt Curtin.
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00:00While surveying the site of some ancient ruins, two young archaeologists, Derek and Margo,
00:22and their nomad friend, Mokey, find themselves trapped and sinking in a whirling pool of sand.
00:37And when the dust settles, they stare up in awe at a vast chamber filled with giant relics and artifacts from another civilization.
00:48And there, at the far end of the cavern, a door with a strange inscription.
00:53All who enter these portals pass through time.
01:18Hey, guys, I've got to have some food. I'm a growing boy.
01:37You mean a groaning boy.
01:40My stomach's pushing on my backbone, but maybe there's something over the hill.
01:44Do you hear something?
01:47You mean like bacon sizzling, popcorn popping, crackers crunching, sodas fizzing?
01:53Shh, listen.
01:57Well, unless it's my stomach growling, it sounds like music.
02:01Come on, let's go to the top and see.
02:13Hey, sounds like a party. Let's go.
02:16Yeah, a party means food.
02:33Excuse me, miss, we're strangers to your city. I'm Margo, this is Derek, and that's Mokey.
02:39What's happening? Where are all the men going?
02:42Welcome. I am Esther.
02:44King Ahoshverosh has been feasting with all the royal princes for many days,
02:48and now he has invited all the men of the city to come and enjoy the feast.
02:52Feast?
02:54Hey, we're men. Do you think we could go to the feast?
02:58Well, thanks a lot, fellas.
03:00Relax, Margo, we'll bring some back to you.
03:03Sure, they must have takeout.
03:05Please come in. My cousin Mordecai is going to the feast. We'll ask him.
03:15Cousin Mordecai, this is Margo, Derek, and Mokey. They are strangers to our city.
03:21Could the boys go with you to the feast? I will prepare food for Margo.
03:25Well, there are so many attending the feast, I'm sure you could go.
03:29Put on your finest robes, as we will be in the king's presence.
03:33Sorry, but these are all we got.
03:35Not exactly appropriate. Come with me, boys. We'll find something.
03:43Please sit down, Margo. I will fix us some food.
03:46Esther, you said King Ahoshverosh, so that means we're in Persia.
03:52But I noticed from some of the articles in your home that you must be Jewish.
03:56Yes, a great many of our people have returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple,
04:00but many of us remain here where we have been born and raised.
04:06Ta-da!
04:14You both look magnificent.
04:18Esther, we will not be late returning. I'm sure our guests will be sleeping with us tonight.
04:23Yes, cousin. Enjoy yourselves.
04:27Yo, no problemo.
04:43Boy, this is living. I wish Margo could have come.
04:48Huh?
04:52Oh, don't be frightened, Moki. She's Hazmin, the palace pet. Very friendly.
04:58I think she likes you, Moki.
05:01Well, a guy can't have too many friends.
05:04Well, noble princes of Persia and Medea, what do you think of the riches and wonders of my glorious kingdom and my excellent majesty?
05:13Ah, majesty, you are all powerful, from India to Ethiopia, and you have excellent taste in food and drink, and an eye for beauty.
05:22Speaking of beauty, how is your beautiful Queen Vashti?
05:25Will our eyes behold the beauty of your Queen Vashti?
05:29Yes, yes, of course. Now you shall have a feast for your eyes.
05:34Go, summon Queen Vashti. Bring her here that my guests might view her.
05:40At once, your majesty.
05:44Oh, the Queen must be pretty.
05:46Yes, boys, she is beautiful.
05:49If I were she, I don't think I'd like being paraded out here to be displayed like a prize horse or something.
05:55You are probably right, Derek, but the king's commandments must be obeyed.
06:09Yes, my lords, what is it?
06:11Your majesty, his royal highness, King Ahasverus, desires your presence in the great hall.
06:16It shall be our pleasure to escort you.
06:19My lords, you shall not have that pleasure.
06:22Oh?
06:23I have no desire to go.
06:25But, but his highness commands you.
06:28I will not be a spectacle for all that rabble.
06:32If the king wants to see me, let him come here.
06:35I shall inform his majesty of your reply.
06:43Your majesty, she refuses to come.
06:47What?
06:48She refuses to come?
06:50Said she would not be a spectacle for your rabble.
06:53Rabble?
06:57What shall be done with Queen Vashti? She has not obeyed my commandments.
07:01She has insulted not just your majesty, but also all the princes and all men in the provinces of your kingdom.
07:08When the women of the kingdom hear of this, they shall have no respect or obedience to their husbands.
07:13If it pleased the king, write a royal commandment that Queen Vashti be banished for her disobedience,
07:19and then choose another queen that is better than she.
07:23Ah, yes. Yes, yes, this must be.
07:28Appoint officers in all your provinces to gather all fair young maidens into the palace,
07:34and let the maiden who best pleases you be queen instead of Vashti.
07:39Very good, Haman.
07:41I appoint Lord Haman above all princes.
07:45He will carry out my wishes.
07:47All shall bow to him and shall respect.
07:50Now go see that Queen Vashti is banished from Shushan, and start the search for my new queen.
07:58I do not trust Haman. I wouldn't buy a used car from him.
08:02Or a watch.
08:03Car? Watch?
08:06Just a little inside joke.
08:19Derek, save Monkey!
08:23Enough already. She loves me.
08:26Don't be afraid, Margo. That's just Tasmi, the palace pet.
08:30She often follows cousin Mordecai home and goes back with him when he goes to work.
08:34Esther, the king has banished Queen Vashti for refusing to obey him.
08:38He is sending out officers to gather all fair maidens in his kingdom, and...
08:42And the best looking one will...
08:44Quiet, Mokey.
08:46Oh, sorry. I just got excited.
08:48That's true, Mokey.
08:50The maiden who most pleases the king shall be queen.
08:53Boy, that's a Cinderella story for you.
08:56Cinderella?
08:57Oh, uh, nothing.
08:59Now, Esther, I am sure the officers shall include you as they gather the maidens.
09:03And with your beauty, you might be chosen.
09:06Cousin Mordecai, how could I be queen?
09:09The king is Persian, and I am a Jewess.
09:12As queen, you could be a great influence for our people.
09:15The king need not know you are Jewish.
09:17You'd be a great queen. And just think of all those feasts.
09:21Oh, it's so exciting. A queen.
09:26Esther, my dear, if the king were to choose you for queen,
09:30it would be for a good purpose.
09:34Go and seek out the most beautiful maidens in the royal city.
09:38Bring them here for the king to choose his new queen.
09:51Open to an officer of King Ahasuerus.
09:58We are gathering the fairest young maidens throughout the kingdom,
10:01one of which the king will choose.
10:04Ahasuerus.
10:06Ahasuerus.
10:08Ahasuerus.
10:10Ahasuerus.
10:12Ahasuerus.
10:14Ahasuerus.
10:16Ahasuerus.
10:18Ahasuerus.
10:20One of which the king will choose for his queen.
10:23I believe a young maiden of great beauty lives here.
10:26Yes, she does. I shall bring her to you.
10:33Stand up. I am an officer of the king.
10:36Yes, sir.
10:42She won't hurt you, sir.
10:44She's just a bit cranky until she's had her breakfast.
10:48This is my cousin, Esther.
10:58Yes, she should be a contender.
11:01Come, into the chariot.
11:03If the king does not choose you, you shall be brought back.
11:11You are not unattractive.
11:14Well, thanks a lot.
11:16Come. The king might just find you amusing, if not beautiful.
11:20Oh, not on your life, Buster.
11:23I've got things to do and places to go,
11:25and the palace is not one of them.
11:27Buster!
11:29I am Tarsek, officer of the king.
11:31And it is not on my life, but on yours if you refuse.
11:35Hey, fellas, help me.
11:37I don't want to be queen.
11:39I haven't even graduated from high school yet.
11:41Ah, don't worry, Margo.
11:43You'll be out on the first ballot and back here in no time.
11:45Yeah, it might be a lot of fun.
11:48Oh, on the first ballot, huh?
11:51Come on, Esther.
11:58Would you mind if we wait around for Margo to come back?
12:01Yes, it shouldn't take long.
12:03Of course, you are both welcome in my home.
12:15Hey, guys, there are two more maidens for the king to see.
12:20Take these maidens and dress them.
12:22Quickly, the king is ready to choose his queen.
12:31I must go to my work at the palace grounds.
12:33Would you like to come with me?
12:35I could get you work in the kitchens.
12:37You could be near your friend Margo.
12:39Yes, that would be great.
12:41The food in the king's kitchen must be the best.
12:44Let's go!
12:57Here comes that guy everyone is supposed to bow to.
13:00Yeah, we had better bow and avoid any trouble.
13:15You two aren't the best of friends, huh?
13:18Mordecai, if looks could kill, you'd be dead.
13:21Oh, it's all right.
13:23We just have a little difference of opinion.
13:34Now I will escort you into the throne room,
13:36where each of you will be seen by the king.
13:38But do not approach His Majesty until called.
13:41And if he holds out his golden scepter to you,
13:44you must touch the tip of the scepter.
13:46If you do not, by law, you shall be put to death.
14:00If he doesn't pick that girl, Esther, you're next.
14:12No, Esther.
14:22What is your name?
14:23Esther, Your Majesty.
14:25Ah, your voice is like music.
14:29You are most gracious, sire.
14:31Now look into my eyes.
14:34Ah, tender as a dove.
14:42I need see no more.
14:44Esther shall be my queen.
14:46Shh! All right! Hooray!
14:49Oops, sorry.
14:55His Majesty, King Ahasuerus,
14:58is pleased to present his new queen.
15:01King Ahasuerus is pleased to present his new queen,
15:04Queen Esther.
15:06Hooray!
15:15Let the days of celebration begin.
15:18Hooray!
15:21Keresh, during this celebration,
15:23the king and gods will be married with wine.
15:26It's our one chance to slay the king.
15:28That's right. It will be a good time.
15:31Did you hear that? Who are those guys?
15:34They are doorkeepers and traitors to the king.
15:38The king should be warned.
15:40Yes, I must get word to His Majesty.
15:42But I cannot approach him unless summoned.
15:45Ah, I will tell Queen Esther and she can tell him.
15:49Yeah!
15:59Your cousin Mordecai says he must speak to you at once.
16:03Excuse me, my lord.
16:05I must speak to my lady in waiting.
16:08Don't be long, my dear.
16:20Esther, my queen, you look troubled.
16:23What is it?
16:25I have just learned from your gatekeeper Mordecai
16:27that he overheard your doorkeepers, Big Son and Keresh,
16:30plotting to murder you during the celebration.
16:33Ah, I have sensed their growing disloyalty.
16:37Well, a dagger in the back would spoil the celebration.
16:40But this assassination plot shall not happen.
16:43Haman!
16:45Your Majesty.
16:47Have guards search the palace.
16:49Find Big Son and Keresh.
16:51Arrest them and prepare the gallows for them.
16:53At once, Your Majesty.
16:57Mordecai!
17:15Mordecai, again you do not bow to me.
17:18I am second in command to the king.
17:20Everyone must bow to me, even you.
17:23I am a Jew, Haman.
17:25And I do not bow to you.
17:27Careful, Mordecai.
17:29If you will show me no respect,
17:31perhaps you would respect the gallows.
17:40O king, there are certain people scattered throughout your countries
17:44who obey their own laws instead of yours.
17:47They may even resist paying taxes to you
17:50and will cause trouble throughout your kingdom.
17:52One of them even works in your grounds as gatekeeper.
17:58Let there be your law that these people be killed.
18:02I will even pay the soldiers to do it.
18:04Yes, yes. Issue the edict to kill these troublemakers.
18:07Put my seal upon it and it shall be law.
18:17All Jews in the royal city of Shushan
18:20and the provinces of King Ahasuerus
18:23shall be gathered together and hanged on the gallows
18:26by order of Haman,
18:28second in command to King Ahasuerus.
18:31No, no.
18:33What have we done?
18:36Esther will be a great queen.
18:38It's nice for Margo living it up as a lady and waiting to Esther,
18:42but we are going to have to be on our way soon.
18:45Oh, what is to become of this fortune?
18:49What is it, friends?
18:52Read that. We are doomed.
19:00I have brought this upon our people
19:02through the hatred Haman has for me.
19:04I shall tear my garments,
19:06put on sackcloth and ashes and mourn with you.
19:19Look, you must somehow get your friend Margo and flee
19:22as you are not Persian and are guests in my home.
19:25You are in grave danger.
19:29What is this sackcloth and ashes Mordecai has to wear?
19:32It's a custom in these days when things are very sad and there is dying
19:36that people put on a rough cloth and sprinkle ashes on their heads.
19:42Hey, Esther is Jewish.
19:45This could mean her too.
19:48Oh, I could really get to like this life.
19:52I wonder where Mordecai is.
19:54He has always come under this window each night
19:57and it has been days since I have seen him.
19:59Listen, something is wrong.
20:03Nothing seems to be moving in the city
20:05and there are these strange sounds.
20:07What can it be?
20:09Permit me, Your Highness, but the sounds you hear
20:13are many people in the city who are weeping and in mourning.
20:17They are wearing sackcloth and have put ashes on their heads
20:20and your cousin Mordecai, the gatekeeper, is one of them.
20:24Oh, Esther, what do you suppose is wrong?
20:27I do not know.
20:29I will send him some new raiments.
20:31Perhaps that would make him happy.
20:33Yes, a new outfit always gives me a lift.
20:36Take my cousin some new robes so that he might cast off that sackcloth.
20:39At once, Your Highness.
20:42Let's go.
20:53Your Highness, Mordecai, the gatekeeper, refuses the robes
20:57and still wears the rough sackcloth.
20:59I will send Hitak, the king's chamberlain, to Mordecai
21:02and find out what has caused this.
21:13Oh, Hitak, my friend,
21:16it is because of Haman's hatred towards me
21:19that the king commanded that I and all my people be put to death.
21:23You must take this to Queen Esther.
21:26Tell her she must go to the king and plead for the lives of her people.
21:30No one can approach the king without being called
21:33or they'll be put to death, even the queen.
21:36It's the law.
21:37Tell her if she remains silent now,
21:40she and all our people will be destroyed.
21:45And Mordecai said,
21:47it may be for this purpose you have been made queen over this kingdom.
21:51Tell Mordecai to gather all our people together
21:54and fast for three days and nights.
21:57I will do the same and then...
22:00I will go to the king against his law.
22:03Oh, but, Your Highness, the king might put you to death.
22:07I must do this.
22:09And if I perish, I perish.
22:15Here, let me help.
22:17If I do not come back within the hour,
22:20find your friends Derek and Moki and leave the city.
22:40Madam, no one enters the king's council chamber unless summoned.
22:45I am queen of this kingdom.
22:53The queen, she was not summoned.
22:56It means death.
23:04My lord, forgive me, I could not help you.
23:07My lord, forgive me, I could not wait to be summoned.
23:11I must speak to you, please.
23:14Come, my dear.
23:16Now, what do you have to tell me that you would risk death for?
23:20My lord, I desire that you and Prince Heyman come to my quarters tomorrow night.
23:25I shall prepare a banquet and then I shall make a request of you.
23:29A banquet?
23:32You hear? A banquet!
23:37You are the most beautiful and bravest lady in my kingdom.
23:41We shall be there, eh, Heyman?
23:43I shall inform my wife and household of this great honor.
23:49Oh, wife, your husband's star is on the rise.
23:52Tomorrow night, the queen has prepared a banquet in her quarters for just the king and me.
23:57Then I shall hang that accursed Mordecai and begin the extermination of his people.
24:02Prepare my finest robes.
24:05Ah, what joyous happenings.
24:11Margo, I am worried that...
24:13Oh, Esther, it will work. It's got to.
24:16Make way for the king.
24:19I'll be in the next room.
24:27My lords, please be seated.
24:31Ah-ha! A banquet fit for a king!
24:37A wonderful feast, my dear.
24:40Now, what is your request?
24:42Even to have my kingdom, it shall be granted.
24:45If I have found favor in your sight and to grant my petition,
24:49let the king and Heyman come to another banquet I will prepare for you tomorrow,
24:53and I shall make my request then.
24:55Very well, Queen Esther.
24:57Tomorrow, your banquet and your request.
25:02Just the king and I were at the queen's banquet,
25:05and tomorrow I'm invited again with the king to another of the queen's banquets.
25:09But all this means nothing as long as Mordecai the Jew sits at the king's gate.
25:14Let a gallows be made.
25:17And tomorrow, speak to the king about this Mordecai.
25:21Then go merrily to the banquet, and the next morning, hang him.
25:26Of course. The king has signed the edict.
25:37Guard. Guard!
25:41Send in the keeper of records that I may read the chronicles.
25:45At once, Majesty.
25:49Who was it that warned Queen Esther of Big Son and Teresh's plot to assassinate me?
25:57The King's Banquet
26:04Tomorrow and every year at this time,
26:06there shall be feasting and celebrations for your people in honor of you.
26:11Revelry that shall drown out the name of Heyman.
26:16Another feast!
26:18This is where we came in.
26:26Goodbye, dear friends.
26:28You shall have safe journey through the kingdom.
26:31Thanks for everything.
26:32We'll never forget you.
26:34Yes, real cool. It's been a blast.
26:37Cool?
26:38Blast?
26:43You know, if I'd been ahead of Esther in that line, I might be Queen Margo now.
26:49Right. How about helping with these going-away presents, Your Majesty?
26:54Here, take mine, too.
27:02Hey, fellas, this is no way to treat a queen.
27:23The King's Banquet
27:53The King's Banquet
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