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After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
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The King's Sober Regret
Commentators note that once the king's wine-fueled anger subsided, he remembered Vashti not with anger, but with regret. He was now faced with the painful and permanent consequences of a rash decree made in a moment of passion, highlighting the folly of such decisions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These events must belong to the time between the great assembly held at Susa in Xerxes’ third year (483 B.C.), and the departure of the monarch on …
19th Century
Anglican
After these things. —We have seen that the great feast at Susa was in the year 483 B.C., and that in the spring of 481 B.C. Xerxes…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was appeased Which went off with…
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