Talmud Bavli
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Jewish%20thought for Megillah 22:12

אמר איהו מיטעא טעי אנא חשיבנא ולא טעינא מי כתיב למלכות בבל לבבל כתיב מאי לבבל לגלות בבל כמה בצירן תמני חשיב ועייל חילופייהו חדא דבלשצר וחמש דדריוש וכורש ותרתי דידיה הא שבעין כיון דחזי דמלו שבעין ולא איפרוק אמר השתא ודאי תו לא מיפרקי אפיק מאני דבי מקדשא ואשתמש בהו בא שטן וריקד ביניהן והרג את ושתי

[Ahashverosh] said: He made a mistake. I will calculate and will not make a mistake. Is it written 'for the kingdom of Babylon'? [No,] it is [simply] written 'for Babylon'. What does 'for Babylon' mean? 'For the exile of Babylon'. How many [years] must be cut? Eight. He calculated, and he put in their place one of Belshazar, five of Darius and Cyrus, and two of his own. That is seventy. Now that he saw that seventy had been fulfilled and they were not redeemed, he said: Now they will certainly not be redeemed. He brought out the vessels of the Holy Temple and he used them. Satan came and danced with them. Then he killed Vashti.

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