Vashti

(The wife of King Ahasuerus)

Put away (divorced) for refusing to exhibit herself at a royal banquet

• Esther 1:9–22

  Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. …

• Esther 2:1

  After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

• Esther 2:4

  And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

• Esther 2:17

  And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.