The King Dethrones Queen Vashti
1 Now it came to pass in the days of aAhasuerus (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned bover one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, cfrom India to Ethiopia),
2 in those days when King Ahasuerus asat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in bShushan the citadel,
3 that in the third year of his reign he amade a feast for all his officials and servants—the powers of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the princes of the provinces being before him—
4 when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor of his excellent majesty for many days, one hundred and eighty days in all.
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