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Why was there a competition in the Book of Esther?

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A:The Book of Esther portrays King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) as having to banish his first wife, Queen Vashti, in the third year of his reign because she refused to appear at a party he was hosting. The king no longer having a wife, a competition was held to select a new queen from all the virgins among the Persians and Medes, to see who pleased Ahasuerus the most. Esther was selected as queen soon afterwards.
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