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Sep 10, 2021 · Here are a few interesting tidbits about Vashti, taken from ancient Jewish tradition and folklore. Vashti had royal blood —According to one account (there are many) in the midrash, Vashti was the daughter of Belshazzar, the King of Babylon.
Sep 15, 2021 · Vashti was King Xerxes’ first wife. She was the queen of Persia. The question is, was Vashti actually the victim in Esther’s story? Who Was Vashti in the Bible? King Xerxes was a powerful man...
Mar 15, 2013 · What about Vashti? Vashti is a proto-feminist who has been unfairly maligned by “mainstream media” and Jews everywhere. Myself included. When I was 9, I wrote a song about Vashti, set...
Queen Vashti: A 3-Act Story. Vashti “on one foot”: Vashti was the first wife of King Achashveirosh \ Ahashuerus in Megillat Esther (“the Megillah”) which we read on Purim. Context: This is the 1879 painting "Vashti Refuses the King's Summons", by the English painter Edwin Long.
VASHTI văsh’ tî (וַשְׁתִּ֣י, LXX ̓Αστίν, possibly Pers. vashti, one who is desired, or beautiful woman). The Queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I, c. 485-465) (Esth 1:9-19; 2:1, 4, 17) who refused to exhibit her beauty to his lords on the seventh day of a feast.
Vashti. VASHTI (Heb. וַשְׁתִּי; perhaps "beauty" in Persian), queen of Persia and Media, wife of *Ahasuerus (Xerxes; 485–465 B.C.E.). When King Ahasuerus, in the third year of his reign, held a banquet "for all the people that were found in *Shushan" in the king's gardens, Queen Vashti also held a banquet in the palace.
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.
