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Queen Vashti does not obey the king

These things happened when King Xerxes ruled. He was the king who ruled over 127 regions, from India to Ethiopia. King Xerxes lived in the capital, the city of Susa.

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Queen Vashti Deposed

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[a](A) the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces(B) stretching from India to Cush[b]:(C) At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther
  2. Esther 1:1 That is, the upper Nile region