10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Esth. 7:9Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing her royal crown, in order to show her beauty to the people and the officials, for she was beautiful to behold. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs; therefore the king was furious, and his anger burned within him.
19 If it pleases the king, let a royal decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it will Esth. 8:8; Dan. 6:8not be altered, that Vashti shall come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.