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Esther first appears in the story as one of the virgins collected into the king’s harem as possible replacements for Vashti, the banished wife of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I, reigned 485—465 b.c.e.). She is identified as the daughter of Avihail and the cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, from the tribe of Benjamin (Esth 2:5–7).
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Queen Vashti : You do know why the Princes have asked you to extend the feasting another night. King Xerxes : [turning to leave] Your to late if you seek me to deny them, especially now. With such clamering to march upon Greece and avenge my father's death. Queen Vashti : [stopping him, pleading] How long have dreamt of molding Persia into a ...
(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 ...
- Vashti as A Baby Name
- Modern-Day Vashtis
- Vashti Dubois, Museum Founder
- Vashti Bunyan, Singer-Songwriter
- Vashti Harrison, Author and Illustrator
- Vashti Cunningham, The Olympian
It’s Esther, though, not Vashti, whose name has turned up more often over the years. Esther was in the top 40 U.S. girls’ names until 1920, according to the Social Security name index, and is now at 156th.Vashti hasn’t been in the top 1,000 girls’ names since 1907, and even then it was 986th. Online searches suggest the name may be more popular in ...
Vashti Hardy, a British writer of middle-grade fantasy novels, said in an email that her mother chose Vashti from a book of baby names “because she wanted something unusual.” Hardy didn’t know about the biblical Vashti until a decade ago, when a Jewish friend told her “the story of Vashti and Esther as feminist symbols, which I loved.” Hardy says s...
Vashti Dubois, founder of the Colored Girls Museumin Philadelphia, was named for an aunt. Growing up, she was annoyed that schoolmates couldn’t pronounce her name. But when she was 18, someone asked if she knew about Queen Vashti. “I told her what I knew: exile, disobedience, blah blah, and she said while those things have been written, she believe...
Vashti Bunyanis a British singer-songwriter who made an album in 1970 called Just Another Diamond Day. The record vanished into obscurity (original copies now sell for thousands of dollars) but was reissued 30 years later, leading to a revival of Bunyan’s career, including a documentary, tours, a memoir called Waywardand two new albums, Lookafterin...
Vashti Harrisonis a children’s book author and illustrator whose work includes the bestselling Little Legends series: Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History; Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World; and Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History. She has also illustrated books for other writers, including Lupita Nyong’o’s pictu...
Vashti Cunninghamis a world-class track-and-field athlete who has participated in two Olympics (Tokyo and Rio). She’s ranked as the top U.S. women’s high jumper and is a Nike brand rep. Her parents, retired NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham and Felicity de Jager Cunningham, a former ballerina with Dance Theatre of Harlem, are devout Christians, co...
The Queen of Sheba is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Fox studios about the story of the ill-fated romance between Solomon, King of Israel, and the Queen of Sheba. Written and directed by J. Gordon Edwards, it starred Betty Blythe as the Queen and Fritz Leiber Sr. as King Solomon. [2] The film is well known amongst silent film ...
Esther: In the year 600 B.C.E., a beautiful Jewish orphan girl named Esther was selected by Persian King Xerxes I to replace Queen Vashti when she refused to appear at a royal banquet.
