Similarly , details of Stateira do not accord with Vashti as Stateira was an early wife murdered by Artaxerxes II 's mother while the events of Purim occur late in his reign .
Moreover , the identification of Ahasuerus with Xerxes was rejected by later scholars .
Details of Stateira do not accord with Vashti as Stateira was an early wife murdered by Artaxerxes II 's mother while the events of Purim occur late in Ahasuerus ' reign .
Moreover , the identification of Ahasuerus with Xerxes was rejected by later scholars .