ahasuerus

King Xerxes has a great party lasting six months! Drunk with wine, he seeks to display Queen Vashti before his guests. When she refuses, she is dethroned.

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King Ahasuerus is having second thoughts about his decision to banish his queen, but with the help of his counselors, he comes with an ambitious plan to find her replacement. And what happens next is far more than a case of fate or coincidence.

King Ahasuerus gets the royal snub when his queen refuses to put herself on displayh for the benefit of his drunken party guests. But this domestic dispute is going to have long-term and empire-wide ramifications that the king and his wise men could never have imagined.

What happens when King Ahasuerus has his sovereignty challenged by his own queen? And now will this one woman's seemingly independent actions impact all that is to come?

In this episode we get an up-close and personal look into the wealth and power of King Ahasuerus. It is meant to set up a confrontation that will come later in the book between the almighty king and God Almighty.

The opening lines of the book of Esther set the stage for a showdown between the rich and powerful King Ahasuerus and the unseen, all-powerful God of the universe.