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    Vashti (Hebrew: וַשְׁתִּי ‎, romanized: Vaštī; Koinē Greek: Ἀστίν, romanized: Astín; Modern Persian: واشتی‎, romanized: Vâšti) was a queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included within the Tanakh and the Old Testament which is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim.

  3. Feb 7, 2019 · In the biblical Book of Esther, Vashti is the wife of King Ahasuerus, the ruler of Persia, who is ousted for not abiding the king's command.

  4. 5 days ago · Persian queen, wife of King Ahasuerus. The story of Vashti, as told in the book of Esther (1: 9–22), relates how the king, while in his cups, orders Vashti to appear before the assembled nobles wearing her royal crown in order to display her charms to them.

  5. Feb 28, 2023 · Meet modern-day women named for Vashti, the defiant queen in the Purim story, including an Olympian, a singer and founder of the Colored Girls Museum.

  6. They will say to their husbands, ‘King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought to him, but she refused to come.’ 18 “Today the wives of the Persian and Median leaders have heard what the queen did, and these women will be influenced by what she did.

  7. Vashti - If Ahasuerus is Xerxes, Vashti would be Amestris, whom the Greeks regarded as the only legitimate wife of that monarch, and who was certainly married to him before he ascended the throne.

  8. Mar 4, 2015 · By the seventh day of this second round of parties, the king’s heart is “merry with wine”; in this drunk state, he sends for his wife Vashti, wanting to show off her beauty to all those in attendance. Vashti refuses. The king is furious– so furious he gets rid of her and seeks a new queen.

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