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We don‘t know from the Megillah. The Talmud said she was 75, based on gematria, although it was totally implausible.
The Megillah called her a beautiful young virgin, indicating that she would be around 12 years old……gross, alright? But this is the norm for MENA until the Mandates.
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EzraThe Book of Esther tells of Esther marrying King Ahasuerus of Persia and therefore becoming his queen. There was no King Ahasuerus of Persia, but many Bible commentaries observe that Ahasuerus is likely the Hebraicised version of King Xerxes, the Achaemenid leader who ruled from 486 to 465 BCE.
Historians say that Queen Amestris was Xerxes' only known wife and was definitely still queen at the time the biblical account says that Xerxes married Esther, casting doubt on the biblical story. Other problems that also call into question the story's reliability include Mordecai being identified as sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar - an event that must have place over a century before Xerxes assumed power. It seems unlikely that Esther was ever Queen of Persia, so we can not say at what age Xerxes married her.
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By what other name is Ahasuerus known?
Ahasuerus is also known as Xerxes I, a Persian king who ruled from 486-465 BC. He is mentioned in the Book of Esther in the Old Testament.
Who said if you perish I perish.?
The phrase "if I perish, I perish" is attributed to Queen Esther in the Bible, from the Book of Esther in the Old Testament. Esther expressed her willingness to risk her life by approaching the king uninvited to save her people, the Jews, from the threat of genocide.
Who was an Old Testament queen?
Queen Esther was an Old Testament queen in the Bible who courageously saved the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them. She used her position and influence to intervene with the Persian king on behalf of her people, ultimately securing their safety.
Did Esther Nehemiah and Daniel live at the same time?
Daniel probably died shortly after Darius took the throne in 521 BC (he would have already been well over 90 years old at this point). The book of Nehemiah begins in 444 BC, so they probably missed each other by at least 50 years. Esther was a teenager in 482 BC, so Daniel had likely been dead for about 25 years at this point. Esther would have been in her early to mid 60's when the book of Nehemiah began, although her husband, King Xerxes was assassinated 20 years earlier (he was probably bout 20-25 years older than her (do the math a 37 year old king marrying a 14 year old or so, Esther...yuck...that's not what they showed in the movie). Anyway, there's no record of whether Esther was assassinated with her husband (which was likely), or if she was assumed in to the next King's harem (also possible...although a Persian King would have probably not been interested in a 35 year old, non-virgin wife. We just don't know. So, we know that Daniel was dead long before Esther was born and I'm going to guess that Esther probably died with her husband in 464 BC. Since Nehemiah was a leading figure in Jerusalem by 432 BC, I'm going to guess that he was born before 464 BC, so yes they probably lived at the same time. Nehemiah probably knew of Queen Esther before she died (I'm guessing she died in 464 BC) and maybe even met her a few times when He was a young boy. That being said, Esther probably didn't live to see the events of the book of Nehemiah, unless she survived the assassination, in which case she and Nehemiah may have known each other personally. I'm also guessing that Nehemiah was probably not around when the events of Esther took place or at the very least was too young to remember them clearly.
What book comes before job in the old testiment?
The Book of Esther comes before the Book of Job in the Old Testament.
