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And on the seventh day, he made sure to drink enough wine that whatever happened next could be put down to the foibles of an inebriated but captivating monarch (Esther 1:10), rather than a carefully staged palace coup 187 days in the making. “Vashti the Queen also made a feast for the women of the royal household of King Ahasuerus.” (Esther ...
Sep 10, 2021 · A young Jewish woman, Esther, outshined all the rest. “So he [the king] set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti” ( Esther 2:17 ). Soon after Esther was crowned, an upheaval in the kingdom began. Haman, the king’s right-hand man, hated the Jewish people. No one knew Esther was Jewish.
Queen Vashti came from royalty. According Jewish sources, Queen Vashti was the great-granddaughter of King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon and the daughter of King Belshazzar. Whatever the case, for her to become queen, she must have been born into an aristocratic family. In those days, many marriages were done for political and economic reasons.
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 ...
(1) It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Nubia [or Ethiopia]. (2) In those days, when King Ahasuerus occupied the royal throne in the fortress Shushan, (3) in the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all the officials and courtiers—the administration of Persia and Media, the nobles and the ...
Jan 6, 2022 · Queen Vashti. Vashti was a queen of Persia and the first wife of the Persian King Ahasuerus (Esther 1:9). She was dethroned for her refusal to appear at the king’s banquet to show her beauty (Esther 1:10-21). The king later chose Esther to succeed Queen Vashti (Esther 2:1-18). In the Midrash, Vashti is described as evil and vain.
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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.
