Esther 1:1

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Queen Vashti Disobeys the King

1 This is what happened during the ·time [days] of ·King Xerxes [^LAhasuerus; ^Cthe Persian king who reigned about 486–465 bc], the ·king [^LAhasuerus] who ruled the one hundred twenty-seven ·states [provinces] from India to Cush [^Cin present-day Sudan and Ethiopia].