March 31, 2016 -- Queen Esther, wife of King Ahasuerus ... and the plot unfolded. King Ahasuerus (also known as Xerxes), after making "merry with wine" at a celebration, ordered his wife to ...

queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. Esther 5:3 Many scholars believe that King Xerxes is the same as “King Ahasuerus” who appears in ...

King Xerxes dethroned Queen Vashti and chose a new Queen. Lo and behold, Esther, who has been a slave together with her people was crowned the Queen. 6 reasons why Esther became a Queen.

Of course, in these holy texts, Xerxes is a mercurial man who replaces his queen when she won’t arrive at a party to show off her beauty to the king’s drinking companions. Esther is then ...

Briefly, in the story, which can be found in The Book of Esther, an exalted adviser to King Xerxes of Persia named ... be ...

The story of Purim is told in the Book of Esther. Esther is a Jewish girl who becomes Queen to King Xerxes of Persia, and through her bravery, is able to thwart an attempt to slaughter all the ...

The Purim celebration recounts the story of Queen Esther and how she saved the Jewish people from annihilation. The participants are: Ahasuerus (Xerxes): King of Persia (modern-day Iran).

The girl you see is Esther, the queen of the Jews in Persia." [...] "King [Xerxes] gave an order that the seven most beautiful girls in the kingdom be brought to him. So they held contests and ...

King Ahaseurus, also known as Xerxes, is the Great Persian King who ... And with that, he crowns Esther queen of the trophy wives and holds another big bacchanalian bash. The Bible’s pretty ...

In this measured, eloquent retelling of Jewish heroine Esther's rise from orphanhood to queen of the Persian ... from her home to the royal harem of King Xerxes in Babylon. Her uncle Mordechai ...