Bible Verses About "Who Was Queen Vashti in the Bible"
Vashti was the Persian queen deposed by King Ahasuerus for refusing to display her beauty at his drunken feast, opening the way for Esther.
Vashti was the Persian queen deposed by King Ahasuerus for refusing to display her beauty at his drunken feast, opening the way for Esther.
"To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him." — Esther 1:11-12 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "Who Was Queen Vashti in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him."
"If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him... that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she."
"And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti."
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