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These events happened during the time of Xerxes,[a] when Xerxes was ruling over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Cush.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:1 Also known as Ahasuerus
  2. Esther 1:1 Cush was located in the present-day country of Sudan, south of Egypt.

19 If the king agrees, he should issue a royal decree. It should be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be changed. Vashti shall not come into the presence of King Xerxes. The king will give her status as queen to a different person, one better than she is.

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