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Who replaced Queen Vashti when she displeased her husband Xerxes?
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Esther. Esther was the heroine and central figure in the Biblical book of Esther. She was crowned about 55 years after the destruction of the First Temple, and fifteen years before the Second Temple was built. The Jews were in the Babylonian exile. A few of them, such as Nehemiah, Mordecai and Daniel, rose to positions of prominence under the Babylonian kings.
The last of the Prophets of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) were still living.
King Cyrus had recently made his famous proclamation (2 Chronicles 36:22-23) allowing the Jews to resettle Judea (Israel), and some had gone up with Zerubavel, but the enemies of the Jews had then slandered them (Ezra ch.4), causing the Babylonian king to put a stop to the rebuilding and resettlement of Judea. This last event was around the same time that Esther became Queen.
When she became orphaned, she was adopted by her cousin Mordecai.
Later, when Queen Vashti refused to appear before Ahasuerus (in Esther ch.1), Memuchan, a Persian royal adviser, advised King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) to remove Vashti from being Queen of Persia, and King Ahasuerus agreed to his advice.
In Esther Chapter 2, royal eunuchs advised Ahasuerus to look for a new queen. Esther was the best-looking woman, and Ahasuerus picked her to replace Vashti as Queen.
Esther and her cousin Mordecai (who had once saved the king's life) later persuaded the king to cancel an order for the extermination of the Jews in his vast realm, which had been plotted by the king's chief minister, Haman. Instead, Haman was hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai, and the Jews were given permission to destroy their enemies. The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates this event.
According to tradition, the book of Esther was written in the mid-4th century BCE, and was made part of the canon which was sealed a couple of decades after.
Esther was queen for about 11 years.
The name of Mordecai is the Judaised pronunciation of Marduka, which is attested in the Persepolis Texts as the name of officials in the Persian court during the period of Xerxes I. One of these officials was the biblical Mordecai.
The grave of Mordecai and Esther still stands in Hamadan; and the Jews of Iran, to this day, are referred to as "the children of Esther."
For the name of Esther, a number of etymologies are possible.
1) Esther comes from the Persian "setareh," meaning "star".
2) Esther comes from the Aramaic "istahar," meaning "moon." Beautiful as the moon (Talmud, Megillah 13a).
3) Esther comes from the Semitic root ath-tar, "morning star." There is support for this too in the Talmud (Yoma 29a).
4) Esther comes from the Median "astra," meaning "myrtle." The book of Esther (2:7) states that she had both names, Esther and Myrtle (Hadassah in Hebrew).
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∙ 8y agoIn the Book of Esther, Vashti was the wife of King Xerxes. In this story, she was replaced by Esther.
Historians have established that the first wife of Xerxes I was really named Amestris, and she continued in her role well beyond his third year as king (the date the text suggests Vashti was deposed). They find no evidence there ever was a Queen Vashti or a Queen Esther (or Hadassah).
Queen Esther replaced Queen Vashti as the queen of Persia after Queen Vashti disobeyed King Xerxes' command to appear before him and his guests.
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Who did Vashti marry?
Vashti married King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), as stated in the Book of Esther in the Bible. She was the first queen mentioned in the book.
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.
Xerxes was king of?
Xerxes was king of Persia and battled against Sparta and Athens. etc
Were Xerxes and Nebuchadnezzar related?
No, Xerxes and Nebuchadnezzar were not related. Xerxes was a Persian king who ruled after Nebuchadnezzar's time as the ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Nebuchadnezzar was a Babylonian king known for his conquests and building projects.
By what other name is Ahasuerus known?
Ahasuerus is also known as Xerxes I, a Persian king who ruled from 486-465 BC. He is mentioned in the Book of Esther in the Old Testament.
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.
What queen in the bible scorned her husband?
Queen Vashti refused to attend a banquet at her husband Xerxes I request.
Who did Esther replace as queen?
Esther replaced Queen Vashti as queen after Queen Vashti refused to come to the King's banquet.
Who did Vashti marry?
Vashti married King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), as stated in the Book of Esther in the Bible. She was the first queen mentioned in the book.
Who are these bible people hathach vashti ahasuerus xerxes and how do they relate to esther?
Hatach was the messenger between Mordecai and Esther. Vashti was the Queen whose reign was given to Esther. Ahaseurus (who is traditionally identical with Xerxes) made Esther his 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 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.
Where is vashti found in The Bible?
The name Vashti appears as the name of the first queen of the Persian king Achashverosh, in the apocryphal book of Esther. The name Vashti came from an Elamite goddess. The king has been identified by some as Xerxes. Some important contemporary women with that name include Vashti McKenzie, the first female Bishop of the AME church, Vashti McCollum, who won a landmark US Supreme Court case in 1948, and folk singer Vashti Bunyan.
Did Xerxes of Persia get married?
Yes. Historically, his wife was Amestris. It is only in the Book of Esther that hisfirst wife is Vashti, then his second wife is Esther.
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).
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 many queens did Xerxes have?
The Queen consort of Xerxes was Amestris, daughter of Otanes and first cousin to Cambyses II of Persia and Smerdis of Persia. There is no record of either Vashti or Esther outside the Book of Esther, and it can be assumed that they were characters created purely for the story.
