Vashti Angers the King

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus,[a](A) who ruled 127 provinces(B) from India[b] to Cush.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:1 = Xerxes; he reigned 486-465 b.c.
  2. Esther 1:1 = modern Pakistan

Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius,(A) the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:

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