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3 days ago · Queen Vashti was the wife of King Ahasuerus, also known as Xerxes I, who ruled the Persian Empire from 486 to 465 BCE. Her name, Vashti, means "beautiful" or "best" in Persian, reflecting her renowned beauty. Vashti is often remembered for her act of defiance when she refused to appear before King Ahasuerus and his guests during a royal banquet.
3 days ago · And King Ahasuerus said, and he said to Queen Esther: Wherever it says, “And he said, and he said,” twice, it is to be expounded upon, and the midrashic interpretation of this is: Originally, he would speak to her by messenger, but now that he knew that she was of a royal family, he spoke to her personally.
1 day ago · When King Ahasuerus needed to appoint a queen from all the possible women, once he saw her, he “loved Esther more than all the other women; of all the virgins she won his favor and devotion, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen.” He didn’t know she was Jewish.
3 days ago · In verse 17 we read that, "And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti."
4 days ago · Just as Ahasuerus had turned away the suffering Jesus from his door, so (we can infer) did Herodias laugh at Christ bearing his Cross. As a result, she is forced to repeat her accursed laughter.
4 days ago · Esther: (a) (4th century BCE) First cousin of Mordecai, selected as King Ahasuerus's queen after Vashti's execution. At Mordecai's behest, she brought about Ahasuerus's annulment of Haman's decree calling for the extermination of the Jews.
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5 days ago · What did the king hold out, showing Esther she could come forward? Answer: His golden sceptre Esther 5:2 "And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand.
