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Vashti (meaning "beautiful") is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Esther (for example: Esther 1:10-12). She was the queen of king Ahasuerus. She was deposed from her royal dignity because she refused to obey the king when he desired her to appear naked (according to the commentaries of the Midrash) in the banqueting hall of the palace of Shushan. She is part of the story behind the Jewish holiday of Purim one of Judaism's happiest festivals, because her demise opened the way for Esther, the eventual saviour of ancient Persia's Jews, to be chosen as Ahasuerus's next queen.
According to the Midrash, Vashti was the great-granddaughter of King Nebuchadnezzar.
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