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   Who was Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther?

   • Ahasuerus was the king of Persia in the Book of Esther. He agreed to his advisor Haman's plans to eradicate the Jews and confiscate their property, but his Jewish wife Esther and her cousin Mordechai foiled the plot when Esther revealed her true identity as a Jew.

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   How does Ahasuerus fall in love with Esther?

   • The story the book tells is as follows: Ahasuerus, the king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, falls in love with the beautiful Jewish woman Esther and makes her his Queen. His grand vizier, Haman, is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian, Mordecai, who refuses to prostrate himself before Haman.

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   Who was Ahasuerus and what did he do?

   • Who Was Ahasuerus? Ahasuerus ( Achashverosh) was the king of Persia and Medea during the Babylonian exile. Convinced by his evil prime minister, Haman, to have all the Jews in his empire killed, he changed his mind after being petitioned by his queen, Esther, who was secretly Jewish.

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   What is the story of Esther in Persia?

   • The book relates the story of a Jewish woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people. The story takes place during the reign of King Ahasuerus in the First Persian Empire. Queen Vashti, the wife of King Ahasuerus, is banished from the court for disobeying the king's orders.

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   Book of Ezra Ahasuerus and Haman at Esther's Feast, by Rembrandt. Ahasuerus is also given as the name of a King of Persia in the Book of Ezra. Modern commentators associate him with Xerxes I who reigned from 486 to 465 BC.

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   By Menachem Posner. Ahasuerus ( Achashverosh) was the king of Persia and Medea during the Babylonian exile. Convinced by his evil prime minister, Haman, to have all the Jews in his empire killed, he changed his mind after being petitioned by his queen, Esther, who was secretly Jewish.

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   1. Xerxes I (Pers. Khshayarsha, the basis for the Heb. form), the son and successor of Darius I (Hystaspes) the Great as king of Persia c. 486-465 b.c. This is the Ahasuerus of Ezra 4:6 and the Book of Esther.

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   May 29, 2018 · AHASUERUS (Heb. אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ), king of Persia, who according to the Book of Esther ruled from India to Ethiopia (see Book of *Esther; *Artaxerxes ). In the Aggadah. Ahasuerus generally is portrayed as vacillating, lacking in character, and easily swayed. But the positive aspects of his personality are also emphasized.

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   Ahasuerus was the king of Persia in the [book of Esther] (https://www.sefaria.org/Esther?tab=contents). He agreed to his advisor Haman's plans to eradicate the Jews and confiscate their property, but his Jewish wife Esther and her cousin Mordekhai foiled the plot when Esther revealed her true identity as a Jew.