Vashti
queen of Persia (EST 1:9)
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Names
- Vashti — וַשְׁתִּי vashətiy “one beautiful, desired” (H2060) · Αστιν Astin — Esther 1:9
Titles
- Queen Vashti — מַּלְכָּה וַשְׁתִּ֗י maləkhah vashətiy “queen Vashti” (H2060) · Αστιν ἡ βασίλισσα Astin ē̔ basílissa “Vashti the Queen” (G938) — Esther 1:12
Dated events
- Vashti banished — 3,479 AH · 518 BC (Ussher)
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
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Topical references
- Put away (divorced) for refusing to exhibit herself at a royal banquet — Esther 1:9; Esther 2:1; Esther 2:4; Esther 2:17
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.