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Jan 4, 2022 · The book of Esther begins with a description of King Xerxes (or Ahasuerus) of Persia celebrating with the leading men of his kingdom. At the conclusion of seven days of feasting, the king called Queen Vashti to appear before him.
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Vashti was a queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian King Ahasuerus(Esther 1:9). She was dethroned for her refusal to appear at the king’s banquet to show her beauty (Esther 1:10-21) . The king later chose Esther to succeed Queen Vashti (Esther 2:1-18). In the Midrash, Vashti is described as evil and vain. She is portrayed as an independent-m...
The Bible does not state the reason for Queen Vashti’s refusal to appear before King Ahasuerusand his guests. Some have proposed that King Ahasuerus asked for an immodest show of Vashti’s beauty, but the context of Esther chapter one doesn’t indicate that this was his plan. Jewish targums says that her reason for declining to appear before the king...
In dethroning Queen Vashti and appointing Esther in her place, we see God working behind the scenes to save the Jewish nation from destruction. Esther’s guardian, Mordecai, alluded to that when he said to her: “…who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14). Although the book of Esther doesn’t menti...
Mar 19, 2019 · Vashti’s Refusal. After throwing a 180-day long banquet for his officials and ministers, plus the assembled armies and nobility of Persia and Media (1:3–4), King Ahasuerus holds a seven-day banquet for all the men living in Shushan (Susa), rich and poor (1:5). At the same time, Queen Vashti is also giving a separate banquet for the women.
(10) On the seventh day, when the king was merry with wine, he ordered Mehuman, Biz'ta, Charvona, Bigta, Avagta, Zetar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs in attendance on King Ahasuerus, (11) to bring Queen Vashti before the king wearing a royal crown, to display her beauty to the peoples and the officials; for she was a beautiful woman. (12) But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s ...
The queen of Persia, divorced by Ahasuerus or Xerxes her husband for refusing to appear unveiled before his reveling company, Exodus 1:1 22.
16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
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Queen Vashti: Mystery Woman of the Megillah. 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.
