King Ahasuerus

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Persian king biblical figure monarch

King Ahasuerus is the Persian monarch featured in the biblical Book of Esther, traditionally identified with Xerxes I and central to the events commemorated by the Jewish festival of Purim.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
King Ahasuerus canonical	8
Ahasuerus	6
Ahasueros rendered as Xerxes in Septuagint tradition	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persian king ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ
appearsIn	Megillat Esther ⓘ surface form: Book of Esther Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament Septuagint ⓘ
appoints	Haman as chief minister ⓘ
associatedWith	festival of Purim ⓘ
centralFigureIn	narrative of Purim ⓘ
deposes	Vashti ⓘ surface form: Queen Vashti
elevates	Esther to queenship ⓘ
employerOf	Haman ⓘ Mordechai ⓘ surface form: Mordecai
fatherInLawOf	Haman ⓘ surface form: Haman (in rabbinic tradition, via Esther’s lineage interpretations)
grants	Haman’s estate to Esther ⓘ
greekForm	King Ahasuerus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ahasueros rendered as Xerxes in Septuagint tradition
holds	banquet for nobles and officials ⓘ
honors	Mordechai ⓘ surface form: Mordecai
issuesDecree	authorization of Haman’s plan against the Jews ⓘ permission for Jews to defend themselves ⓘ
languageForm	Hebrew name Aḥašwērōš ⓘ
mentionedIn	Esther 1 ⓘ Esther 10 ⓘ Esther 2 ⓘ Esther 3 ⓘ Esther 4 ⓘ Esther 5 ⓘ Esther 6 ⓘ Esther 7 ⓘ Esther 8 ⓘ Esther 9 ⓘ
orders	execution of Haman ⓘ impalement of Haman on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai ⓘ
possibleIdentification	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ Cambyses II ⓘ surface form: Cambyses II (minor scholarly view)
promotes	Mordechai ⓘ surface form: Mordecai to high rank
reignFrom	India ⓘ
reignOver	127 provinces ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
reignTo	Ethiopia ⓘ
religiousTextContext	Ketuvim ⓘ surface form: Ketuvim (Writings) section of the Hebrew Bible
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Susa ⓘ
spouse	Esther ⓘ surface form: Queen Esther Vashti ⓘ surface form: Queen Vashti
themeAssociation	divine providence in Jewish tradition ⓘ
timePeriod	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Empire era
traditionalIdentification	Xerxes I ⓘ surface form: Xerxes I of Persia