Banish the rebellious womoan and replace here with one more obedient and compliant younger and more … beautiful wouldn’t hurt either… 20] And when the decree which he shall make shall be king’s published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. 21] And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: 22] For he sent letters into all the provinces, into every king’s province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. A command of the king would be written in all the languages and scripts used throughout his 127 provinces from Ethiopia to India. It would be carried by read and posted in every ‘pony express’, province. Once signed and seal with his signate, it could not be rescinded or altered. Not even the king could change his own laws and proclamations. He had to a good thing for a drunk with ‘obey’ himself…not power and authority. Esther 2 A Call for a New Queen Xerxes invaded Greece with an army of more than 2,000,000 soldiers. Only 5,000 returned with him. immense fleet defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae but was Xerxes’ defeated disastrously by Themistocles at the famous Battle of Salamis in 480 BC and the Battle of Plataea in 479. He had to retreat home. It was after his return from this disastrous invasion that he that Vashti at home waiting he had banished ‘remembered’ wasn’t – her for life. Esther was chosen as his queen. (478 BC) He will live another 13 years.
Banish the rebellious womoan and replace here with one more obedient and compliant … younger and more beautiful wouldn’t hurt either… 20] And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. 21] And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: 22] For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. A command of the king would be written in all the languages and scripts used throughout his 127 provinces from Ethiopia to India. It would be carried by ‘pony express’, read and posted in every province. Once signed and seal with his signate, it could not be rescinded or altered. Not even the king could change his own laws and proclamations. He had to ‘obey’ himself…not a good thing for a drunk with power and authority. Esther 2 A Call for a New Queen Xerxes invaded Greece with an army of more than 2,000,000 soldiers. Only 5,000 returned with him. Xerxes’ immense fleet defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae but was defeated disastrously by Themistocles at the famous Battle of Salamis in 480 BC and the Battle of Plataea in 479. He had to retreat home. It was after his return from this disastrous invasion that he ‘remembered’ that Vashti wasn’t at home waiting – he had banished her for life. Esther was chosen as his queen. (478 BC) He will live another 13 years.
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