Medes: An Essential Part of the Medo-Persian Empire
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Esther 1:1, 19
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush. / So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.