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Esther was married to Xerxes I – Xerxes the Great who ruled the  Achaemenid Empire from 486 to 465 BC.  He was also called King Ahasuerus. He was the son of King Darius and was born in 518 BC.  The name Xerxes is pronounced ‘zerk zeez’. The central purpose of this book is to recordContinue reading “#13 Book of Esther”