For the singer Vashti Bunyan File Vashti orig.jpg thumb 280px right alt Vashti Refuses the King s Summons by Edwin Long Vashti Refuses the King s Summons by Edwin Long Queen Vashti Hebrew , Persian ... , Vashti is described as wicked and vain. She is viewed as an independent minded heroine in feminism feminist interpretations of the Purim story. In the Book of Esther In the Book of Esther , Vashti ... the king s heart was merry with wine, the king orders his seven chamberlains to summon Vashti to come before him and his guests wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty. Vashti refuses to come, and the king becomes angry. He asks his advisers how Vashti should be punished for her disobedience. His adviser Memucan tells him that Vashti has wronged not only the king, but also all of the husbands of Persia, whose wives may be encouraged by Vashti s actions to disobey. Memucan encourages Ahasuerus to dismiss Vashti and find another queen. Ahasuerus takes Memucan s advice, and sends ... chooses Esther as his queen to replace Vashti. ref http www.chabad.org holidays in depth default cdo ... Vashti is interpreted by several midrashic sources as an order to appear unclothed for the attendees ... in history In the 19th and early 20th century, Bible commentators attempted to identify Vashti with Persian ... Ahasuerus and Xerxes, Bible commentators attempted to identify Ahasuerus with Xerxes I of Persia and Vashti ... that Vashti may be identical to a wife of Artaxerxes mentioned by Plutarch, named Stateira wife of Artaxerxes ... was rejected by later scholars. Similarly details of Stateira do not accord with Vashti as Stateira ... ibn Jarir al Tabari Al Tabari regards Vashti as a distinct historical figure. Meaning of the name The meaning of the name Vashti is uncertain. As a modern Persian name it is understood to mean beauty ... may have originated from a conjectured Elam ite goddess whom they called Mashti. Vashti ... , Vashti was the great granddaughter of King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon , the granddaughter of King ... more details
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italic title Taxobox name Amauris vashti image Nymphalidae Amauris vashti.JPG image width 240px image caption Amauris vashti from Uganda . Mounted specimen regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Nymphalidae genus Amauris species A. vashti binomial Amauris vashti binomial authority Arthur Gardiner Butler Butler , 1869 synonyms Danais vashti Butler, 1869 Amauris vashti is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. Description Amauris vashti has a wingspan reaching about convert 83 mm . The uppersides of the forewings are black, with two large basal whitish spots and a few small spots on the edge. The uppersides of the hindwings are dark brown in males, pale brown in females. Distribution This species can be found in tropical Africa, mainly in Nigeria , Cameroun , Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo . References http www.nic.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia papilionoidea nymphalidae danainae amauris index.html vashti Funet http www.biolib.cz en taxon id681487 Biolib External links http www.worldfieldguide.com wfg species detail.php?taxno 7155 World Field Guide DEFAULTSORT Amauris vashti Category Amauris Danainae stub nl Amauris vashti ... more details
Taxobox name Vashti Sphinx image Sphinx vashti sjh.JPG image width 250px image caption Sphinx vashti , adult regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Sphingidae genus Sphinx moth Sphinx species S. vashti binomial Sphinx vashti binomial authority Strecker, 1878 ref cite web url http www.cate sphingidae.org taxonomy Sphinx vashti.html title CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience Sphingidae publisher Cate sphingidae.org date accessdate 2011 11 01 ref synonyms Hyloicus gerhardi small Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 small Sphinx albescens small Tepper, 1881 small Sphinx mordecai small McDunnough, 1923 small The Vashti Sphinx Sphinx vashti is a member of the Sphingidae family of moths . It is found from British Columbia east to Manitoba , south to southern California , Nevada , central Arizona , New Mexico and western Texas . The pattern and wing length are highly variable. The insect wing forewing ranges from pale to very dark gray with paler gray at the base of the Glossary of Lepidopteran terms Wings costa , the wing tip, and on the outer margin. A series of black dashes ends with the topmost one reaching the wing tip. The insect wing hindwing is black with white bands. There is one brood per year. The larva feed on Symphoricarpos Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus and Symphoricarpos Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus References reflist External links http www.npwrc.usgs.gov resource distr lepid moths usa 1128.htm Vashti Sphinx Moths of America http www.silkmoths.bizland.com svashti.htm Life Cycle wikispecies Category Sphinx moth Sphinginae stub de Sphinx vashti nl Sphinx vashti no Sphinx vashti vi Sphinx vashti ... more details
Vashti is an unincorporated area unincorporated community at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 174 and Farm to Market Road 1288 , 18 miles southeast of Henrietta, Texas Henrietta and four miles south of Bellevue, Texas Bellevue in southeastern Clay County, Texas Clay County , Texas , United States . The elevation is convert 1083 ft m . ref cite web title GNIS Detail Vashti url http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p gnispq 3 7976909256816671 NO P3 FID 1370596 publisher U.S. Geological Survey accessdate 7 August 2010 ref History It was established in 1880 and named for the first postmaster in 1891, Vashti Strahan. Bypassed by the Fort Worth and Denver Railway in 1882 and U.S. Route 287 in the 1930s, the town never flourished. It did survive, however, as a local economic and social hub for area farmers. It reached its peak population in the 1920s at 264, and the community had a number of businesses, including a cotton gin, three general stores, a drugstore, and a blacksmith shop in addition, six churches and two fraternal orders operated locally. Its decline began in the 1950s as the urbanization of rural areas began across the United States following World War II . By 1950 the population of Vashti stood at 140, which remained stable until 1980. Cattle raising, dairy farming, potterymaking, and fruit production are the area s major industries. Education Vashti is served by the Bellevue Independent School District . References reflist Clay County, Texas Coord 33 33 20 N 98 02 27 W type city region US TX display title Category Unincorporated communities in Texas Category Populated places in Clay County, Texas Category Wichita Falls metropolitan area ClayTX geo stub vo Vashti ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Vashti Bunyan image Vashti Bunyan at Summer Sundae 2006.JPG caption Vashti Bunyan performing at the Summer Sundae festival in Leicester in 2006 ... solo singer birth name alias Vashti birth date birth year and age 1945 df y death date origin ... anotherday.co.uk current members past members notable instruments Vashti Bunyan born 1945 is an English ... phase of her musical career after a gap lasting thirty years. Biography Vashti Bunyan was born ... article 2007 02 08 AR2007020800500.html Vashti Bunyan s Day Has Come Again The Washington Post ... music v 4972 vashti bunyan interview.html Vashti Bunyan Interview , Last Broadcast ref In the early ... . Released using simply the name Vashti , it was backed with her own song I Want to Be Alone ... feature vashti bunyan interview ref . During the trip she began writing the songs that eventually ... Witchseason Productions . A year later Vashti returned to London and recorded her first LP with assistance ... 1964 to 1967 . 2007 also saw Vashti provide vocals on three songs for former Jack band Jack frontman ... Girl , Just So You Know and Song Of Leaving . In January 2008, Vashti said she was recording a new ... with Andy Cabic of Vetiver band Vetiver . ref http www.tinymixtapes.com Vashti Bunyan,5598 Vashti Bunyan Interview from Tiny Mix Tapes ref In June 2008, Vashti appeared at London s Royal Festival ... October 2008, Vashti Bunyan From Here To Before , a feature documentary directed by Kieran Evans ..., 1965 as Vashti Train Song Vashti Bunyan song Train Song Love Song Columbia EMI , 1966 as Vashti Compilation appearances Tonite Let s All Make Love in London 1967 Winter Is Blue as Vashti Winter Is Blue Reprise as Vashti Circus Days UK Psychedelic Obscurities 1966 70 Vol.1 1990 I d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind as Vashti A Pot By Any Other Name 2001 Ptolemaic Terrascope compilation 17 Pink Sugar Elephants rec. 1966 early variation of Train Song Instant Karma 2002 Winter Is Blue as Vashti combined ... more details
Infobox person name Vashti McCollum image size caption birth name Vashti Ruth Cromwell birth date birth date 1912 11 6 birth place Lyons, New York death date Death date and age 2006 08 20 1912 11 6 mf yes death place Champaign, Illinois death cause occupation salary networth spouse John Paschal McCollum parents Mr. and Mrs Arthur G. Cromwell website nationality United States American religion Atheist Humanist ethnicity television education BA Liberal Arts and Sciences, MA Mass Communications alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign residence Champaign, Illinois , USA Vashti Cromwell McCollum November 6, 1912 &ndash August 20, 2006 was the plaintiff in a landmark 1948 Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court case that struck down religious education in the public schools. The defendant in the McCollum v. Board of Education McCollum case was the school district of Champaign, Illinois , wherein instructors chosen by three religious faiths had taught classes within the public ... location date 25 April 1948 ref Background Education Named after the Old Testament feminist Vashti Queen Vashti ref name jimmc Cite web url http inmccollum.org JIMMC vashti mccollum.htm title Vashti Cromwell McCollum accessdate 9 6 2011 author last McCollum first James ref and born as Vashti Ruth ... married in 1933. ref name Obit Cite news last Martin first Douglas title Vashti McCollum, 93, Plaintiff ... Citation last Boston first Rob author link Rob Boston title Vashti s Victory journal Americans United ... first Vashti title One Woman s Fight year 1953 publisher Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc isbn ..., including Vashti McCollum s scrapbooks http jayrosenstein.com pages lord.html PBS documentary ... Times Obituary of Vashti McCollum, August 26, 2006 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Maccollum, Vashti ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1912 PLACE OF BIRTH ..., Vashti Category 1912 births Category 2006 deaths Category American activists Category American ... more details
William & Vashti College was a college in Aledo, Illinois from 1908 to 1917. Founded by William Drury and his wife Vashti Lewis, early settlers and prominent citizens of Mercer County. The campus and buildings were purchased and used by the Roosevelt Military Academy from 1924 to 1973. The Administration Building was torn down and the spot was used for a nursing home. The remaining two buildings, Niles Hall and North Hall, are unused. William & Vashti was a member of Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference . External links http slacey19690.jimdo.com defunct schools william vashti William & Vashti history http www.rmaroughriders.org history.htm Roosevelt Military Academy http www.smkt.org eng aledo.asp William & Vashti halls coord missing Illinois Category Defunct universities and colleges in Illinois Category Buildings and structures in Mercer County, Illinois Category Demolished buildings and structures in the United States Category Unused buildings in Illinois Category Educational institutions established in 1908 ... more details
Infobox person name Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie image Vashti Murphy McKenzie.jpg image size caption Bishop of the Thirteenth Episcopal District birth date Birth date and age 1947 5 28 birth place Baltimore, Maryland parents Ida Murphy Peters and Edward Smith death date death place spouse Stan McKenzie Vashti Murphy McKenzie born 28 May 1947 was elected as the first female bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church . She is also the national chaplain of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and the granddaughter of Delta founder Vashti Turley Murphy . Bishop McKenzie is married to retired NBA great Stan McKenzie, and is the mother to Jon Mikael, Vashti Jasmine, and Joi Marie. Education McKenzie received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park . Later she received Master of Divinity degree from Howard University and her Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Ohio . Ordination Commented out because image was deleted Image AMEshield.gif left 120px McKenzie received her first ordination in 1984 when she was made an itinerant deacon and appointed to pastor a small church in Chesapeake City, Maryland . She was later ordained an itinerant elder and was sent to pastor in Baltimore . While serving as the pastor of historic Payne Memorial AME Church in Baltimore, Maryland, McKenzie sought election to the office of Bishop in the AME Church. She was elected and consecrated the 117th bishop of the church at the General ... had been broken. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie served as the chairperson of the General Conference ... vashtimckenzie.htm Women as Prophets, Preachers, and Priests Reverend Dr. Vashti Murphy ... . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mackenzie, Vashti Murphy ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... DEFAULTSORT Mackenzie, Vashti Murphy Category African Methodist Episcopal Church Category Living ... bishops AfricanAmerican stub Methodism bishop stub de Vashti Murphy McKenzie ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Lookaftering Type studio Artist Vashti Bunyan Cover lookafteringbunyan.jpg Released 17 October 2005 Recorded Early 2005 Genre Psych Folk Length 35 31 Label Fat Cat Records FATCD38 Producer Max Richter Composer Max Richter Last album Just Another Diamond Day br 1970 This album Lookaftering br 2005 Next album Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967 Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind br 2007 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 4 5 ref Allmusic class album id r793161 pure url yes Allmusic ref rev2 Dusted rev2Score Favorable ref http www.dustedmagazine.com reviews 2483 Dusted 16 Oct 2005 ref rev3 The Guardian rev3Score Rating 4 5 ref http arts.guardian.co.uk reviews story 0,11712,1591485,00.html The Guardian 14 Oct 2005 ref rev4 Pitchfork Media rev4Score 8.5 10 ref http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 15860 lookaftering Pitchfork Media 28 Oct 2005 ref rev5 PopMatters rev5Score Rating 8 10 ref http www.popmatters.com music reviews b bunyanvashti lookaftering.shtml PopMatters 2 Nov 2005 ref rev6 Stylus Magazine Stylus rev6Score B ref http www.stylusmagazine.com reviews vashti bunyan lookaftering.htm Stylus 4 Nov 2005 ref rev7 Tiny Mix Tapes rev7Score Rating 5 5 ref http www.tinymixtapes.com musicreviews b vashti bunyan.htm Tiny Mix Tapes ref Lookaftering is the second album by Vashti Bunyan , the much delayed follow up to 1970s Just Another Diamond Day , released in 2005 on Fat Cat Records . Track listing All songs by Vashti Bunyan . Lately 2 21 Here Before 2 05 Wayward 3 06 Hidden 3 20 Against the Sky 3 10 Turning Backs 4 28 If I Were 2 15 Same but Different 3 38 Brother 2 10 Feet of Clay 4 29 Wayward Hum 4 26 Personnel Vashti Bunyan Acoustic guitar , vocals. Max Richter Composer Max Richter Piano , Glockenspiel , Hammond Organ , Mellotron , Vibraphone , Fender Rhodes , Glass ... Reflist Category Vashti Bunyan albums Category 2005 albums Category Fat Cat Records albums pt Lookaftering ... more details
Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind Cover Cover size Caption Artist Vashti Bunyan B side I Want To Be Alone Released May 1965 Format 7 , 45rpm Recorded Genre Pop music Length Label Decca Writer Jagger Richards Producer Andrew Loog Oldham Certification Last single This single Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind br 1965 Next single Train Song br 1966 Misc Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind is a song by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , released first by the singing duo Dick and Dee Dee early 1965 , who were a support act for the Stones when they first toured the U.S.A. in 1964, and then by Vashti Bunyan in May 1965. A version of the song by The Rolling Stones was recorded on 13 February 1964, but released only on their 1975 album Metamorphosis Rolling Stones album Metamorphosis . Its most recent 2007 reissue is on the Vashti Bunyan compilation Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967 . Category The Rolling Stones songs Category 1965 singles Category Debut singles Category Songs written by Jagger Richards Category English language songs Category Songs produced by Andrew Loog Oldham 1960s song stub pt Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind ... more details
Train Song may refer to Train Song , a song by Tom Waits from his 1987 album Franks Wild Years Train Song , a List of Phish songs song by Phish Train Song , a song and 1966 single a side by Vashti Bunyan The Train Song , a song by The Flying Burrito Brothers Any number of List of train songs songs about trains disambig ... more details
Infobox road state TX type Farm route 174 length mi 35.6 length ref ref name Farm to Market Road 174 Texas Department of Transportation , http www.dot.state.tx.us tpp hwy fm fm0174.htm ref length round 1 established 1945 direction a West direction b East terminus a Image US 281.svg 25px Image Texas 25.svg 20px U.S. Highway 281 Texas US 281 Texas State Highway 25 SH 25 near Windthorst, TX Windthorst junction Image US 287.svg 25px U.S. Highway 287 Texas US 287 terminus b Image US 81.svg 20px U.S. Highway 81 Texas US 81 at Bowie, TX Bowie counties Archer County, Texas Archer , Clay County, Texas Clay , and Montague County, Texas Montague previous type Farm previous route 173 next type Farm next route 175 Farm to Market Road 174 or FM 174 is a two lane, state maintained highway that connects small farming communities of Archer County, Texas Archer , Clay County, Texas Clay , and Montague County, Texas Montague counties in north central Texas. History FM 174 was designated in 1945 as a route from Texas State Highway 148 SH 148 east to Buffalo Springs, Texas Buffalo Springs ref name Farm to Market Road 174 ref . In 1949, it extended east to the end of FM 176 at Vashti, Texas Vashti and replaced Farm to Market Road 176 FM 176 from Vashti to Bellevue, Texas Bellevue ref name Farm to Market Road 174 ref . In 1953, the portion from Vashti to Bellevue was transferred to Farm to Market Road 1288 FM 1288 and it instead extended east from Vashti to US 287 in Bowie ref name Farm to Market Road 174 ref . In 1954, it extended west from SH 148 to US 281 ref name Farm to Market Road 174 ref . In 1980, it extended east along the old location of US 287 from the new location of US 287 to US 81, completing its current route ref name Farm to Market Road 174 ref . Termini FM 174 terminates at U.S. Highway 281 Texas US 281 at Windthorst and U.S. Highway 81 Texas US 81 at Bowie. References reflist Archer County, Texas Highways Category Texas farm to market roads 0174 Category Transportation i ... more details
Two other uses the fictional restaurant The Dot restaurant other uses Dot disambiguation Infobox Book name The Dot title orig translator image image caption author Peter H. Reynolds illustrator Peter H. Reynolds cover artist country United States of America language English language English series subject genre Picture Book publisher Candlewick Press pub date english pub date media type Print hardcover pages isbn 978 0 7636 1961 9 dewey E 21 congress PZ7.R337645 Do 2003 oclc 51093445 preceded by followed by The Dot ISBN 978 0 7636 1961 9 is a picture book written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds about a girl named Vashti who thinks she can t draw. Plot Vashti is a girl who says she cannot draw. When she tells her teacher, she says to make a mark and see where it takes you. Vashti draws a dot on her paper, and her teacher then says now sign it. The next week she is surprised to see her dot framed on display in the teacher s office. Seeing her dot, she says I can make a better dot than that. She then starts drawing elaborate, colorful dots and realizes she is indeed an artist. Later in life she sees a boy who can t draw a straight line. this results in a whole new adventure. Published by Candlewick Press, The Dot is also a film produced by Weston Woods Studios and FableVision. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2006. child picture book stub Category Children s picture books Category Children s fiction books DEFAULTSORT Dot ... more details
name William & Vashti College conf Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference startyear 1915 endyear single CFB Yearly Record Entry year 1915 college football season 1915 name William & Vashti overall ... William & Vashti overall 6&ndash 2&ndash 0 confrecord CFB Yearly Record Subhead name Louisiana Tech ... more details
Bunyan may refer to Paul Bunyan , a mythical lumberjack in American folklore Paul Bunyan operetta , an operetta by Benjamin Britten featuring the mythical lumberjack John Bunyan 1628 1688 , a Christian writer and preacher, author of The Pilgrim s Progress Vashti Bunyan b. 1945 , an English singer songwriter Maureen Bunyan , a Washington, D.C. based television journalist Jason Bunyan b. 1981 , a British speedway rider Jay Ryan actor b. 1981 , a New Zealand actor, was born Jay Bunyan Bunyan, New South Wales , Australia Bunyan, Wisconsin , United States, an unincorporated community B nyan , a town in Central Anatolia, Turkey. For the foot deformity, see bunion . disambig de Bunyan fr Bunyan ru ... more details
Image Esther haram.jpg thumb right Edwin Long s Queen Esther Esther is the name of a painting by Edwin Long . The painter drew upon travelogue illustrations in the British Museum in order to produce this vision of Queen Esther in Ahasuerus palace at Susa . The painting was first displayed in 1878 at the Royal Academy. It s now a part of the collection P rez Sim n. The painting was meant to be hung next to a work depicting Vashti in a similar painting that is now housed in the Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University. Category 19th century paintings Category Jewish history Category Achaemenid women ... more details
Richards I Want to be Alone Vashti Bunyan Bunyan Train Song Vashti Bunyan song Train Song Vashti ... Mann Cynthia Weil Weil unreleased single Twice as Much and Vashti , 1966, album track 1968 I d Like ... DiChristina gramophone record double vinyl album STEP11LP Notes and references Reflist Category Vashti ... more details
. The two main characters, Vashti and her son Kuno, live on opposite sides of the world. Vashti is content ... discussing secondhand ideas . Kuno, however, is a sensualist and a rebel. He persuades a reluctant Vashti ... from the underground environment and presumed death. Vashti, however, dismisses her son s concerns as dangerous madness and returns to her part of the world. As time passes, and Vashti ... of the Machine itself. During this time, Kuno is transferred to a cell near Vashti s. He comes to believe that the Machine is breaking down, and tells her cryptically, The Machine stops. Vashti ... comes to Vashti s ruined cell, however, and before they perish they realize that Man and his connection ... hope, in that Kuno and Vashti recapture a part of the spirit of life and embrace each other ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Just Another Diamond Day Type Album Artist Vashti Bunyan Cover diamonddaybunyan.jpg Released 1970 Recorded December 1969 at Sound Techniques , London . Genre Folk music Folk Length 31 24 original release br 39 17 CD re release Label Philips Records Philips Producer Joe Boyd Last album This album Just Another Diamond Day br 1970 Next album Lookaftering br 2005 Album ratings rev1 About.com rev1score rating 5 5 ref http altmusic.about.com od 1970s fr vashtibunyan.htm?once true& About.com review ref rev2 Allmusic rev2score Rating 5 5 ref Allmusic class album id r497764 pure url yes Allmusic review ref rev3 Pitchfork Media rev3score 9.0 10 ref http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 15859 just another diamond day Pitchfork Media review ref rev4 Sputnikmusic rev4score rating 5 5 ref http www.sputnikmusic.com album.php?albumid 14153 Sputnikmusic review ref rev5 Q magazine Q rev5score Rating 4 5 ref Q , May 2007, Issue 250. ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Just Another Diamond Day is the debut album of English people English singer songwriter Vashti Bunyan . In the mid to late 1960s, Bunyan was under contract to Andrew Oldham , which saw her release two singles. However, Bunyan found the experience frustrating, and decided to head for the List of islands of Scotland Scottish islands in search of an artistic Commune intentional community commune supposedly established by Donovan . She travelled around the countryside with her partner Robert in a horse drawn wagon. It was during these travels that she wrote the songs ... written by Vashti Bunyan, except where noted. Diamond Day 1 47 Glow Worms 2 16 Lily Pond 1 24 Timothy ... Vashti Bunyan singing vocals , acoustic guitar . Christopher Sykes piano , organ music organ ... around in your mind vashti bunyan 1970 I d like to talk a walk around in your mind song of the day on thishereboogie.com 13 November 2008 Category Vashti Bunyan albums Category 1970 debut albums ... more details
Abagtha was a court official likely a eunuch of King Ahasuerus . He is mentioned once in the Book of Esther sourcetext source Bible version King James book Esther chapter 1 verse 10 . According to this narrative, he and six other officials suggested that Queen Vashti parade before the king and his ministers in the crown jewels. Her refusal led to her demise and the selection of Esther as the new queen of the Persian Empire . The Hebrew word sar s , translated eunuch , can mean a general court official, not only a castrated man. Since Abagtha and the other six officials are spoken of as attending to the king, not to royal women, it is possible that he was not a eunuch in the technical sense. References Scott, John Paul. Esoteric Bible Dictionary. 1996 Category Hebrew Bible people de Abagta eo Abagta ia Abagtha hu Abagta pl Abagta fi Abagta uk zh ... more details
According to the biblical book of book of Esther Esther Esther 1 14, 1 16 21 , Memucan was one of the seven vice regents of the Persian King Ahasuerus . It is not stated in the text explicitly, but it is the generally accepted belief that Memucan and Haman Bible Haman were the same person. When Queen Vashti , Ahasuerus consort, refused his order to display herself at the king s banquet, Memucan advised the king to depose her and replace her with a more worthy wife. Memucan further advised the king to issue a decree throughout his domain declaring his action, so that all women would learn a lesson and honor and respect their husbands. The decree was translated and transcribed into each language and script of the empire, so that each man would be master in his own house. 1 References 1 The Oxford Study Bible Revised English Bible with the Apocrypha. Edited by M.J. Suggs, K.D. Sakenfeld, J.R. Mueller New York Oxford University Press 1992 pps. 501 502. Category Hebrew Bible people pt Memuc ... more details
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