According to ancient Judaic authorities,
Vashti was the great-granddaughter
of King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon,
the granddaughter of King Amel-Marduk,
and the daughter of King Belshazzar.
After Belshazzar the king
of the Chaldeans was slain,
she was taken by King Darius of Persia.
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