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  1. former queen's dismissal:
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  3. The book of Esther opens with Xerxes the king of Persia holding a grand banquet. As the wine flowed, Xerxes ordered the queen Vashti to display her beauty. She refused, upon which Vashti was banished from entering the king's presence again.