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Memuchan declared before the king and the ministers: "It is not against the King alone that Queen Vashti has sinned, for word of the Queen's deed will reach all the women and it will belittle their husbands in their eyes. For they will say: 'King Ahasuerus commanded that Queen Vashti be brought before him, yet she did not come!'
Vashti: (4th century BCE) Great-granddaughter of Nebuchadnezzar, wife of Ahasuerus.Took pleasure in tormenting Jewish girls. Was executed for refusing to obey her husband's command to appear at his party.
Jan 4, 2022 · Queen Vashti refused the king’s request, and he became enraged. King Xerxes consulted his advisers in the law who declared that Vashti had wronged all the people of the land. They feared that the women of Persia would hear of Vashti’s refusal to obey her husband and begin to despise their own husbands.
So he put the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. Good News Translation The king liked her more than any of the other women, and more than any of the others she won his favor and affection. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti. International Standard Version
Vashti Is Removed From Her Position as Queen - King Xerxes ruled over the 127 territories in his kingdom. They reached from India all the way to Cush. Here is what happened during the time Xerxes ruled over the whole Persian kingdom. He was ruling from his royal throne in the fort of Susa. In the third year of his rule King Xerxes gave a feast. It was for all his nobles and officials. The ...
The future George VI was born during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria; he was named Albert at birth after his great-grandfather Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was known as "Bertie" to his family and close friends.
Midrash adds that Esther’s father died during her mother’s pregnancy, and the latter died during childbirth (Esth. Rabbah 6:5; BT Lit. "scroll." Designation of the five scrolls of the Bible (Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther). The Scroll of Esther is read on Purim from a parchment scroll. Megillah 13a). As a result of ...
