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It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman (Proverbs 21:19 ESV). An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones (Proverbs 12:4 ESV). Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head ...
New King James Version. For the queen’s behavior will become known to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when they report, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought in before him, but she did not come.’. New American Standard Bible.
May 7, 2024 · Vashti's personality comes to light; she refuses to appear before the drunken King: Ch 1, 12: "But the Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment". Not for nothing is Vashti known as the "first feminist": despite the dangers inherent in her decision, Vashti declines to come before the King and demonstrate her beauty.
- estimated between 685 BCE and 625 BCE
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- November 27, 2022
- Queen, Princess of Babylon
May 20, 2024 · It might also have violated a custom for the women and men to have separate feasts. There are numerous other theories as to why Vashti told her husband “no.”. There is just too little in the text to make a firm determination. What is essential to the story is that she turned down the king of the Persian Empire.
The counsel of the wise men. Esther 1:16.Memucan, who was the last mentioned in Esther 1:14, comes forward as spokesman for the rest, and declares before the king and the princes, i.e., in a solemn assembly, and evidently as the result of a previous joint consultation: Vashti the queen has not done wrong to the king alone, but also to all the princes and all the people, because the example of ...
Webster's Bible Translation. For this deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. Early Modern. Geneva Bible of 1587.
Aug 16, 2022 · After Vashti’s rejection, the king sought to replace her as Queen. Once again, he sought the most beautiful women in the land as his prospective wife and queen. Esther was chosen. Not only chosen, but she also blessed with the king’s gifts and the best place in his house. (Esther 2:9)
