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“Queen Vashti refused to come before King Ahasuerus, whereupon he flew into a rage.” (Esther 1:12) The trap has closed around Vashti with terrible finality: If Vashti obeys the summons, the rightful queen will become a laughingstock to every man and woman in Persia. If she refuses, the king can spin her naysaying into a crime of treason.
- Queen Vashti refuses to obey Ahasuerus' command.
- Queen Vashti refuses to obey her husband's orders to expose himself to his guests.
- Queen Vashti refuses to appear for the King, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866.
- Esther is made queen.
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Vashti is a 1879 oil on canvas painting by the English painter Edwin Long depicting a character in the book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. [1] [2] Long was greatly influenced by the paintings of Velasquez and other Spanish masters, and his earlier pictures.
- 380 cm × 470 cm (150 in × 190 in)
- Edwin Long
- 1879
- Oil on canvas
The Banquet of Vashti. Jacopo del Sellaio (Florence 1442 – 1493) The panel is part of a cycle of paintings dedicated to the story of biblical heroine Esther, who would become the wife of Persian king Ahasuerus (better known as Xerxes) and do her best to protect the Jewish people against a plot organized by a court dignitary.
In this special Purim program for My Jewish Learning, teacher and author Sandra E. Rapoport will present her original lecture and reading, “Whatever Happened to Vashti?: Unraveling Mysteries in the Book of Esther.” When Queen Vashti famously refused to dance at the king’s wine party, she precipitated a scandal in the royal court of Persia.
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.
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