Esther 2:16

Tebeth] i.e. December-January. The seventh year] i.e. 479 b.c. Thus four years elapsed between the degradation of Vashti and the promotion of Esther (see href='190 1:3'>Est 1:3). In the interval between 483 and 479 Xerxes' expedition into Greece took place, the battle of Salamis being fought in 480 b.c.