Esther 1:9-22

9Also VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 madeH6213 a feastH4960 for the womenH802 in the royalH4438 houseH1004 whichH834 belonged to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325. 10On the seventhH7637 dayH3117, when the heartH3820 of the kingH4428 was merry with wineH3196, he commandedH559 MehumanH4104, BizthaH968, HarbonaH2726, BigthaH903, and AbagthaH5, ZetharH2242, and Carcas, the sevenH7651 chamberlains that ministeredH8334 in the presenceH6440 of AhasuerusH325 the kingH4428, 11to bringH935 VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 beforeH6440 the kingH4428 with the crownH3804 royalH4438, to shew the peoplesH5971 and the princesH8269 herH7200 beautyH3308: for sheH1931 was fair to lookH7200 on. 12But the queenH4436 VashtiH2060 refusedH3985 to comeH935 at the king’sH4428 commandmentH1697 by the chamberlains: therefore was the kingH4428 veryH3966 wroth, and his angerH2534 burnedH1197 in him. 13Then the kingH4428 saidH559 to the wiseH2450 menH2450, whichH1697 knewH3045 the timesH6256, (for soH3651 was the king’sH4428 mannerH1697 towardH6440 allH3605 that knewH3045 lawH1881 and judgmentH1779; 14and the nextH7200 unto him was CarshenaH3771, ShetharH8369, AdmathaH133, TarshishH8659, MeresH4825, MarsenaH4826, and MemucanH4462, the sevenH7651 princesH8269 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074, which sawH7200 the king’sH4428 faceH6440, and satH3427 firstH7223 in the kingdomH4438:) 15WhatH4100 shall weH834 doH6213 unto the queenH4436 VashtiH2060 accordingH5921 to lawH1881, becauseH5921 sheH834 hath notH3808 doneH6213 the bidding of the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 by the chamberlains? 16And MemucanH4462 answeredH559 beforeH6440 the kingH4428 and the princesH8269, VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 hath notH3808 doneH3605 wrong to the kingH4428 onlyH905, but also to allH3605 the princesH8269, and to allH3605 the peoplesH5971 that are in allH3605 the provincesH4082 of the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325. 17For this deedH1697 of the queenH4436 shall comeH935 abroad unto allH3605 womenH802, to makeH3588 their husbandsH1167 contemptible in their eyesH5869, when it shall be reportedH935, The kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 commandedH559 VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 to be broughtH935 in beforeH6440 him, but sheH3588 cameH935 notH3808. 18And this dayH3117 shall the princessesH8282 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 whichH834 have heardH8085 of the deedH1697 of the queenH4436 sayH559 the like unto allH3605 the king’sH4428 princesH8269, SoH834 shall there arise muchH1697 contemptH963 and wrathH7110. 19IfH518 it pleaseH2895 the kingH4428, letH5414 there goH3318 forthH3318 a royalH4438 commandmentH1697 from him, and letH5414 it be writtenH3789 among the lawsH1881 of the Persians and the MedesH4074, that it be notH3808 altered, that VashtiH2060 comeH935 noH3808 moreH4480 beforeH6440 kingH4428 AhasuerusH325; and letH5414 the kingH4428 giveH5414 herH5921 royalH4438 estate unto anotherH3808 that is betterH2896 thanH4480 sheH834. 20And when the king’sH4428 decree whichH834 he shall makeH5414 shall be published throughoutH3605 allH3605 his kingdomH4438, (for it is greatH1419,) allH3605 the wivesH802 shall giveH5414 to their husbandsH1167 honour, bothH3605 to greatH1419 and smallH6996. 21And the sayingH1697 pleasedH3190 the kingH4428 and the princesH8269; and the kingH4428 didH6213 according to the wordH1697 of MemucanH4462: 22for he sentH7971 lettersH5612 intoH413 allH3605 the king’sH4428 provincesH4082, intoH413 everyH3605 provinceH4082 accordingH413 to the writingH3791 thereof, and to everyH3605 peopleH5971 afterH1961 their languageH3956, that everyH3605 manH376 should bear ruleH8323 in his ownH1961 houseH1004, and should publish it accordingH413 to the languageH3956 of his peopleH5971.