who is ahasuerus in the book of esther?
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Ahasuerus is given as the name of a king, the husband of Esther, in the Book of Esther. He is said to have ruled "from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces" - that is, over the Achaemenid Empire.
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The Binding of Isaac (Hebrew: עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק) Aqedat Yitzhaq, in Hebrew also simply "The Binding", הָעֲקֵידָה Ha-Aqedah, -Aqeidah) is a story from the Hebrew Bible found in Genesis 22. In the biblical narrative, God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Moriah.
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2 Esdras (also called 4 Esdras, Latin Esdras, or Latin Ezra) is the name of an apocalyptic book in many English versions of the Bible. Its authorship is ascribed to Ezra, a scribe and priest of the 5th century BCE, although modern scholarship places its composition between 70 and 218 CE.
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Aedion Ashryver is Aelin Galathynius's maternal cousin. He served as a general in Adarlan's military before reuniting with his cousin and joining her court.
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Joab was the son of Zeruiah, a sister of king David. David made him captain of his army (2 Samuel 8:16; 20:23; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 18:15; 27:34). Joab had two brothers, Abishai and Asahel.
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Jehoash (Hebrew: יְהֹואָשׁ, Yəhôʾāš, “Jehovah-given”; Greek: Ιωας; Latin: Joas), also known as Joash (in King James Version), Joas (in Douay–Rheims) or Joás (Hebrew: יֹואָשׁ, Yôʾāš), was the eighth king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his grandmother, ...
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Joshua (Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁוּעַ Yəhōšua') or Yeshua the High Priest was, according to the Bible, the first person chosen to be the High Priest for the reconstruction of the Jewish Temple after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity (See Zechariah 6:9–14 and Ezra 3 in the Bible).
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According to the Bible, Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, was the monarch under whom the Babylonian captivity ended. In the first year of his reign he was prompted by God to decree that the Temple in Jerusalem should be rebuilt and that such Jews as cared to might return to their land for this purpose.
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['Aaron, brother of Moses and Miriam, and the first High Priest.', 'Abigail, a prophetess who became a wife of King David.', "Abishai, one of King David's generals and relative.", 'Abner, cousin of King Saul and commander of his army, assassinated by Yoav.', 'Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Judaism\'s "Three Patriarchs"']
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Nehemiah, also spelled Nehemias, (flourished 5th century bc), Jewish leader who supervised the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the mid-5th century bc after his release from captivity by the Persian king Artaxerxes I. He also instituted extensive moral and liturgical reforms in rededicating the Jews to Yahweh.
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Vanessa: goddess of the night. Esther in the bible was also known as Hadassah similar sounds to Vanessa. The name Vanessa could have also been derived from Hadassah. The name is a beautiful name meaning butterfly and star.so we fly and shine.
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Jehoram, also called Joram, Hebrew Yehoram, or Yoram, one of two contemporary Old Testament kings. Jehoram, the son of Ahab and Jezebel and king (c. 849–c.
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Jedaiah. Jedaiah was a priest of ancient Israel after the order of Aaron, during the reign of King David in the 10th century BCE. Jedaiah led the second of the 24 priestly divisions. The biblical passage of 1 Chronicles 24 documents the division of the priests during the reign of King David.
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Judah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה, Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yehuḏā) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Judah. By extension, he is indirectly eponymous of the Kingdom of Judah, the land of Judea and the word Jew.
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In Daniel 9:1 Ahasuerus is presented as the father of “Darius the Mede,” who is said to have become king over Babylonia upon the death of Belshazzar. ... Ahasuerus appears most prominently in the Book of Esther, and the intrigues of the king's court provide the biblical origin of the festival of Purim.
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Originally Answered: Is the Xerxes of 300 the same Xerxes of Esther? Yes; for all intents and purposes, Xerxes I, Emperor of Persia, the Levant, Asia Minor, Greece, and Pharaoh of Egypt, who reigned from 486–465 B.C., is the same person as the “Ahasuerus” spoken of in the book of Esther.