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Ezra 4:6 TNIV • Read this chapter
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Print[ Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes ] At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, [ Hebrew Ahasuerus] they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Esther 1:1 TNIV • Read this chapter
[ Queen Vashti Deposed ] This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, [ Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther] the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush [ That is, the upper Nile region] :
Esther 1:2 TNIV • Read this chapter
At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
Esther 1:9 TNIV • Read this chapter
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
Esther 1:10 TNIV • Read this chapter
On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas—
Esther 1:15 TNIV • Read this chapter
"According to law, what must be done to Queen Vashti?" he asked. "She has not obeyed the command of King Xerxes that the eunuchs have taken to her."
Esther 1:16 TNIV • Read this chapter
Then Memukan replied in the presence of the king and the nobles, "Queen Vashti has done wrong, not only against the king but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces of King Xerxes.
Esther 1:17 TNIV • Read this chapter
For the queen's conduct will become known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, 'King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.'
Esther 1:19 TNIV • Read this chapter
"Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she.
Esther 2:1 TNIV • Read this chapter
[ Esther Made Queen ] Later when King Xerxes' fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her.
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