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      • Ahasuerus takes Memucan's advice, and sends letters to all of the provinces that men should dominate in their households. Ahasuerus subsequently chooses Esther as his queen to replace Vashti.
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  2. Mar 6, 2017 · These widely-held images of Ahasuerus and Vashti originate with rabbinic midrash, but this only raises the question: Why did the rabbis assume that Ahasuerus was a usurper, why did they believe Vashti to be of royal blood, and why did they disparage Vashti at the expense of going against the text?

  3. Ahasuerus was not yet king — he was merely angling to become the monarch of a newly-formed empire. Ahasuerus, when we first meet him, is a man of war whose formidable tactics have just contributed to the formation of the Persian-Medean Empire, a now impressive 127 provinces in size.

  4. When Ahasueruss fury subsided, he found himself in need of a beautiful woman to replace Vashti. So he sent officers out to comb his kingdom and seize beautiful young virgins. Among those taken was a Jewish girl named Esther, who was reared by her cousin Mordecai.

  5. It is estimated that King Ahasuerus didn’t seek to replace Vashti until about 4 years after he banished her. Vashti was replaced by Queen Esther. One big similarity between them is that they were both very beautiful women and they were both wise.

  6. King Ahasuerus Deposes Queen Vashti. 1 This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Cush. 2 In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, 3 in

  7. Mar 15, 2013 · Although I thought that King Ahasuerus was unprincipled and boorish and that Vashtis punishment — deposal and quite likely death — was unfair and unwarranted, I don’t remember ever feeling...

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › VashtiVashti - Wikipedia

    Ahasuerus subsequently chooses Esther as his queen to replace Vashti. King Ahasuerus's command for the appearance of Queen Vashti is interpreted by several midrashic sources as an order to appear unclothed for the attendees of the king's banquet. Historical identification The wrath of Ahasuerus (anonymous), Rijksmuseum

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