Esther 1:13-20

13Then the kingH4428 saidH559 to 1the wiseH2450 menH2450 2who understoodH3045 the timesH6256--for it was the customH1697 of the kingH4428 to speak thisH3651 wayH3651 beforeH6440 allH3605 who knewH3045 Persian lawH1881 and justiceH1779 14and were closeH7138 to him, namely, CarshenaH3771, ShetharH8369, AdmathaH133, TarshishH8659, MeresH4825, MarsenaH4826, and MemucanH4462, the sevenH7651 officialsH8269 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 3who 4hadH7200 accessH7200 to the king’sH4428 presenceH6440 and satH3427 in the firstH7223 place in the kingdomH4438-- 15“According to lawH1881, whatH4100 is to be doneH6213 with QueenH4436 VashtiH2060, sinceH5921H834 she did not 5obeyH6213 the commandH3982 of KingH4428 AhasuerusH325 6delivered by the eunuchsH5631?” 16And in the presenceH6440 of the kingH4428 and the other officialsH8269, MemucanH4462 saidH559, “QueenH4436 VashtiH2060 has wrongedH5753 not onlyH905 the kingH4428 but also allH3605 the officialsH8269 and allH3605 the peoplesH5971 whoH834 are in allH3605 the provincesH4082 of KingH4428 AhasuerusH325. 17For the queen’sH4436 conductH1697 will 7becomeH3318 knownH3318 to allH3605 the womenH802 so as to makeH959 their own husbandsH1167 despicableH959 in their sightH5869, when they sayH559, ‘KingH4428 AhasuerusH325 8commandedH559 that QueenH4436 VashtiH2060 be broughtH935 inH935 to his presenceH6440, but she did not comeH935.’ 18And thisH2088 dayH3117 the wivesH8282 ofH8282 theH8282 officialsH8282 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 whoH834 have heardH8085 about the queen’sH4436 conductH1697 will talkH559 about it to allH3605 the king’sH4428 officialsH8269, and there will be plentyH1767 of contemptH963 and angerH7110. 19IfH518 it pleasesH2895 the kingH4428, let a royalH4438 9edictH1697 be issuedH3318 by him and let it be writtenH3789 in the lawsH1881 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 so 10that it cannotH3808 11be repealedH5674, that VashtiH2060 may not comeH935 into the presenceH6440 of KingH4428 AhasuerusH325, and let the kingH4428 giveH5414 her royalH4438 positionH4438 to 12anotherH7468 who is moreH4480 worthyH2896 thanH4480 she. 20When the king’sH4428 edictH6599 whichH834 he will makeH6213 is heardH8085 throughoutH3605 his kingdomH4438, 13greatH7227 as it is, then 14allH3605 womenH802 will giveH5414 honorH3366 to their husbandsH1167, greatH1419 and smallH6996.”