Quotes about Xerxes
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
— Esther 1:1
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
— Esther 1:9
In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
— Esther 1:2
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
— Daniel 9:1
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
— Esther 2:21
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
— Esther 8:10
And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
— Esther 1:16
So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
— Esther 8:7
At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
— Ezra 4:6
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
— Esther 3:1
That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
— Esther 8:1
“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”
— Esther 1:15