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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ahasuerus (Emperor Xerxes I, living at the time of Exile and Return)
The Persian king who deposed Vashti and made Esther his queen. He is usually identified with Xerxes the First, whose reign is documented independently in Greek and Persian sources.
The Persian king who deposed Vashti and made Esther his queen. He is usually identified with Xerxes the First, whose reign is documented independently in Greek and Persian sources.
Ahasuerus is the Persian king who made Esther his queen after deposing Vashti, usually identified with Xerxes the First, whose reign is independently documented in Greek and Persian sources and whose famously lavish, extended banquets match the opening scene of the book of Esther closely. A different Ahasuerus appears briefly in the book of Daniel as the father of Darius the Mede.
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- Ezra 4:6
- Esther 1:1
- Esther 1:2
- Esther 1:9
- Esther 1:10
- Esther 1:15
- Esther 1:16
- Esther 1:17
- Esther 1:19
- Esther 2:1
- Esther 2:12
- Esther 2:16
- Esther 2:21
- Esther 3:1
- Esther 3:6
- Esther 3:7
- Esther 3:8
- Esther 3:12
- Esther 6:2
- Esther 7:5
- Esther 8:1
- Esther 8:7
- Esther 8:10
- Esther 8:12
- Esther 9:2
- Esther 9:20
- Esther 9:30
- Esther 10:1
- Esther 10:3
- Daniel 9:1
