Queen Vashti Deposed

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[a](A) the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces(B) stretching from India to Cush[b]:(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther
  2. Esther 1:1 That is, the upper Nile region

At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,(A)

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When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days,(A) in the enclosed garden(B) of the king’s palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest who were in the citadel of Susa.

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In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa(A) in the province of Elam;(B) in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal.

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