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Jan 9, 2012 · I never learned in Sunday School that Esther, whose Jewish name was Hadassah, was forced, along with perhaps thousands of virgin girls from Susa, into King Xerxes harem. Or that the king had banished his first wife, Queen Vashti, for refusing to publicly flaunt her body before his drunken friends. Or that, in response, he had issued a ...
Esther 1-10. New King James Version. The King Dethrones Queen Vashti. 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus[ a] (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India to Ethiopia), 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan[ b] the [ c]citadel, 3 that ...
Sep 15, 2021 · All people answer to God first. Vashti refused her husband’s request because he was a drunken mess and trying to show her body off like pornography. She was a queen who deserved respect and ...
Queen Vashti: Mystery Woman of the Megillah. Here’s what we know about Vashti from the first chapter of the book of Esther: She was the queen before Esther replaced her, she held a party for other women in the palace, she refused to go to King Achashverosh’s party, and she is banished in order to teach her and others a lesson. That’s it.
Esther. Esther, [a] originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. [1] His grand vizier Haman is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian Mordecai because of ...
‘The Jewish Bride’, Aert de Gelder, 1684. Esther has ‘pleased’ King Ahasuerus, and he has chosen her as his future queen. The touch of ermine on the edges of Esther’s cloak signal to the viewer that this is the moment when she is acknowledged as Queen, replacing the exiled Vashti.
The King Dethrones Queen Vashti. 1 Now it came to pass in the days of () Ahasuerus [] (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned () over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, () from India to Ethiopia), 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus () sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in () Shushan [] the [] citadel, 3 that in the third year of his reign he () made a feast for all his officials and ...
