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Esther 2:4

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and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. The thing pleased the king; and he did so.

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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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Susa was a principal royal city of the Persian Empire, where the king’s search for a new queen took place. Babylon and Jerusalem frame the Jewish exilic setting: Mordecai’s family had been deported from Jerusalem to Babylon, and Esther’s rise occurs among Jews living under Persian rule.

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Esther 2:4 mentions Babylon, Jerusalem and Susa.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13
Susa · Carole Raddato

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