Esther Word Game (Part 2)

Yesterday I put up an initial list of words to think through and take some guesses at the most frequently used.

Well, how often do these words come up in the book of Esther?  Below are the answers. 

Note that my word counts are not from one specific translation; they are an average taken from 6 different translations (ESV, NASB, KJV, CSB, NIV, & NLT).  I did correct for different choices in the English translation (so if one uses the word commandment and another uses law, but it's the same Hebrew root word, then I searched for both to get an accurate count). 

How to read the table: the words are ordered from most to least occurring words.  The 'AVG' column displays the average total across the six translations.  I have also included the raw per translation data in the other columns.

word(s)	AVG	ESV	NASB	KJV	CSB	NIV	NLT
King	151.0	167	167	160	136	142	134
Decree(d)/order(s)(ed)/edict/law(s)/commandment(s)	36.8	36	32	31	37	39	46
Royal	20.2	17	15	13	38	23	15
eyes/saw/look(ed)/sight/see [vision]	15.8	20	16	20	16	10	13
feast(s)/banquet(s)/festival	15.5	15	14	17	13	13	21
Palace	13.7	13	12	13	12	10	22
Kingdom/empire	11.5	10	9	12	10	10	18
Command(ed)	10.5	9	9	10	18	12	5
please(s)(ing)	9.2	10	10	7	7	9	12
hang/hanged/hung/impale(d)	9.2	9	9	9	9	9	10
gallows/pole(s)	8.7	9	9	8	9	8	9
robe(s)/garment(s)/apparel	7.2	8	8	7	5	8	7
eat/drink(s)(ing)	7.2	9	8	5	8	6	7
ring	6.0	6	6	6	6	6	6
gold/ golden	6.0	6	6	6	6	6	6
wine	6.0	6	7	6	6	7	4
lovely/beautiful/fair	4.7	5	4	5	4	5	5
scepter/sceptre	4.0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Fast(ing)	4.0	3	4	3	4	5	5
crown	3.7	4	4	4	4	3	3
garden	3.2	3	3	3	3	4	3
gift(s)	2.7	4	2	2	3	2	3
God	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Prayer	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

How to play it as a Bible Study game:

1. Print out the words listed in Part I of the blog post

2. Divide your group into 2 teams

3. Lay the words out face up and have each group take turns picking one word

4. Each team gets points based on the number of times the picked word shows up

5. After all words are select, the team with the most point wins

General Lesson of the Esther Word count game: Isn't it interesting that a book in the Bible doesn't mention God or prayer at all?  Does God not being mentioned mean that God isn't present?