Esther 1:17

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For this deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn't come.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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The Persian Empire stretched from India in the east to Ethiopia in the south-west, with Media and Persia forming its imperial heartland and Susa serving as a royal capital. Their breadth underscores that Queen Vashti’s refusal, and the king’s reaction to it, were viewed as matters affecting the order of the whole empire.

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Esther 1:17 mentions Ethiopia, India, Media, Persia and Susa.

Photo of Media — Media · Philippe Chavin

Photo of Persia — Persia · Hadis Faghiri