0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are amestris?
Amestris or Amastris was the wife of King of Kings Xerxes I of Persia, mother of king Artaxerxes I of Persia.
Who was Queen Esther married to?
A:The Book of Esther tells us that Esther married King Xerxes (Ahasuerus) of Persia and became queen. The Book of Esther is not regarded by scholars as factual, and the marriage of Esther and Xerxes is not historical. King Xerxes was married to Queen Amestris at the very time that the book says he divorced Vashti and married Esther, and remained married to Amestris for at least the next several years.
How many children did Queen Esther and King Xerxes have?
Xerxes was king of Persia 486-465 BCE. He and his wife, Amestris, are known to have had two sons, Darius and Artaxerxes, but a third son is also mentioned by Diodorus - Hystaspes. There is no reliable record of any daughters.
How long was Queen Esther married?
A:The Book of Esther places Esther during the reign of Xerxes, who was king of Persia from 486 to 465 BCE. The book says that the first wife of Xerxes, Queen Vashti, was banished in the third year of his reign and that Esther was selected as queen soon afterwards. The Book of Esther does not say whether Esther was queen fortheremainder of Xerxes' reign but, if so, she would have been queen for some 18 years. Scholars say there are good reasons to believe that the story is fictional and that there never was a Queen Esther of Persia. There is no historical record of either Vashti or Esther, and Queen Amestris is accepted by historians as Xerxes' only wife for the first several years of his reign. From a historical perspective, Esther was never really a queen.
Why did Vashti refuse the summons of King Xerxes?
Vashti refused the summons of King Xerxes to appear before him and his guests because she did not want to be put on display as an object to be looked at and judged solely based on her physical beauty. She valued her dignity and autonomy as a queen and did not want to be degraded in front of the king's drunken guests.
What happened in the first chapter of the Book of Esther?
Chapter 1 of the Book of Esther begins by telling us that in the third year of the reign of King Ahasuerus of Persia, he held a feast in his palace. His wife, Queen Vashti made a feast for the women in the royal house. On the seventh day of the feast, the king commanded that Vashti be brought before him to show to the people, but she refused to come. Troubled, Ahasuerus asked his wise men what he should do. They said that unless he divorced Vashti, all the women in the empire would begin to disobey their husbands. The name Ahasuerus is universally believed to be the Hebrew name for King Xerxes, who ruled Persia from 486 to 465 BCE. However, Xerxes' wife at the time was not Vashti, but Amestris. Amestris remained queen well beyond the third year of Xerxes' reign, so there can have been no Queen Vashti nor, it seems, a Queen Esther.
How did Esther become queen?
The Book of Esther tells of Esther, the cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai the Jew, becoming the new wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia. There was no King Ahasuerus of Persia, but many Bible commentaries observe that Ahasuerus is likely the Hebraicised version of King Xerxes, the Achaemenid leader who ruled from 486 to 465 BCE. Esther is unlikely to have been Xerxes' wife, because his only known wife, Amestris, continued in her role well beyond his third year as king (the date the text suggests Vashti was deposed). Other problems in the story call into question the story's reliability, for example Mordecai is identified as having been sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar - an event that must have place over a century before Xerxes assumed power.
Who was the king who organised a beauty contest to pick a bride?
This story is in the Book of Esther, which says that King Xerxes chose Esther from all the most beautiful virgins in the empire, after he divorced his first wife, Vashti. However, there is no historical record of either Vashti or Esther, and Queen Amestris is accepted by historians as Xerxes' only wife for the first several years of his reign. From a historical perspective, this beauty contest did not really happen.
Who in the Bible defiles and disrespects her royal husband and is replaced by a foreign woman?
In the Book of Esther, Vashti, wife of King Xerxes, showed disrespect to him and was replaced by the beautiful Jew, Esther. Historians say that the wife of Xerxes I was really Amestris and that she was not replaced, so this is not a historical account.
How many years did King Ahaseurus search for a new queen?
Esther chapter 2 tells us that when the wrath of the king was appeased, the king's servants brought fair young virgins from around the kingdom, for King Ahaseurus to choose. Overall, the story suggests that it could not have been a very long time before he chose Esther. However, we have no ancient source other than the Book of Esther to make this judgement. The name Ahaseurus corresponds to the Persian King Xerxes, but historians say that he was never married to any queen called either Vashti or Esther. Queen Amestris is accepted by historians as Xerxes' only wife for the first several years of his reign.
What did Esther do after king Xerxes was assassinated?
No such event is recorded in the Scroll of Esther. It was Queen Vashti, not the king, who was killed by royal decree.
Who was queen esthers's husband name?
Esther's husband was Ahasuerus king of Persia-supposed to be the Xerxes of history and dwelt at "Shushan the Capital" (ancient Susa).
