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ES-1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is]
Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over]
an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
ES-1:2 [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the
throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
ES-1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all
his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the
nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him:
ES-1:4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the
honour of his excellent majesty many days, [even] and hundred
and fourscore days.
ES-1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast
unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace,
both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the
garden of the king's palace;
ES-1:6 [Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened
with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars
of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement
of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
ES-1:7 And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the
vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in
abundance, according to the state of the king.
ES-1:8 And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did
compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his
house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
ES-1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the
royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus.
ES-1:10 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,
ES-1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown
royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she
[was] fair to look on.
ES-1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's
commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very
wroth, and his anger burned in him.
ES-1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times,
(for so [was] the king's manner toward all that knew law and
judgment:
ES-1:14 And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of
Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, [and] which sat the
first in the kingdom;)
ES-1:15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law,
because she hath not performed the commandment of the king
Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
ES-1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes,
Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also
to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
ES-1:17 For [this] deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all
women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes,
when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti
the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
ES-1:18 [Likewise] shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this
day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of
the queen. Thus [shall there arise] too much contempt and wrath.
ES-1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment
from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians
and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more
before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate
unto another that is better than she.
ES-1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be
published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the
wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and
small.
ES-1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the
king did according to the word of Memucan:
ES-1:22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into
every province according to the writing thereof, and to every
people after their language, that every man should bear rule in
his own house, and that [it] should be published according to
the language of every people.
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