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# Ahasuerus
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## Facts
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Ahasuerus was a king who ruled over the ancient kingdom of Persia for twenty years.
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* This was during the time the exiled Jews were living in Babylonia, which had come under Persian rule.
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* Other names for this king may have been Xerxes or Artaxerxes.
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* After sending away his queen in a fit of anger, King Ahasuerus later chose a Jewish woman named Esther to be his new wife and queen.
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