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King Ahasuerus Deposes Queen Vashti

This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.[a] In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,

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  1. Esther 1:1 Or Nubia; Heb Cush

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