Queen Vashti’s Refusal
10 On the seventh day, [2 Sam. 13:28] when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, ch. 7:9Harbona, [ch. 2:21;6:2]Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with ch. 2:17;6:8her royal crown,1:11 Or headdress in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.
19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so ch. 8:8;Dan. 6:8,12,15that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.