Word: ahasuerus
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...carved bulls athwart which lay a huge cedar ceiling beam. Windows and niches broke up the long walls; painted carvings enlivened them. Here came satraps, courtiers and tributaries for homage to the curled & perfumed King of Kings. Here probably lived Esther, Queen of Xerxes whom the Old Testament calls Ahasuerus. Here came all-conquering Alexander the Great who, at the urging of one of his women, it is told, set the palaces afire and saw their grandeur crumble into a dirt heap. Persia also crumbled...